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Technical Report · Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1165358· OSTI ID:1165358

LaGrandeur, John ^[1]; Crane, Doug ^[1]

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1. BSST, LLC, Irwindale, CA (United States)

BSST (hereafter referred to as Amerigon) began work in November 2004 under a cost share contract [1] awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy Freedom Car Office to develop a high efficiency Thermoelectric Waste Energy Recovery System for passenger vehicle applications. The system increases fuel economy by partially replacing the electric power produced by the alternator with electric power produced by conversion of exhaust gas in a Thermoelectric Generator (TEG). Amerigon’s team members included the BMW Group and Ford Motor Company, with both OEMs demonstrating the TEG system in their vehicles in the final program phase. Significant progress was made in modeling, building and testing the TEG system from the lowest subassembly levels through an entire vehicle system. By the program’s conclusion, the team had successfully overcome the challenges of integrating TE materials into an exhaust system component and evaluated the system behavior in bench and over the road testing for over six months.

• Research Organization: BSST, LLC, Irwindale, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-04NT42279
• OSTI ID: 1165358
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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