Utilizing Thermal Waste Energy Jason Chiu

Need SectorMTCE MTCE IncreaseIncrease Residential556, , ,42025% Commercial368,972482, ,87431% Industrial152,399190,948 38,54925% Transportation1,020,8681,071,08550,2175% Electric Utility120,8291,430,6691,309, % Total2,219,509 3,873,409 1,653,900 75% Generated by Brown University

Thermoelectric Devices

Seebeck Effect Seebeck effect Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Peltier Effect

Knowledge Base Terry Tritt, % wasted Low efficiency still saves a lot Formula for TE figure of merit

Literature Review Tritt and Subramanian, 2006 Current uses of TE materials

Literature Review Bottner et al 2006 Used thin film super lattice thermoelectric materials

Literature Review Dresselhaus et al, 2007 Low-dimensional thermoelectric materials

Literature Review Yang and Caillat, 2006 TE materials for space use

Do-Ability Thermoelectric devices are not very expensive Various sources of energy can be used such as sunlight or anything that emits heat

Bibliography Bottner, Harald, Gang Chen, and Rama Venkatasubramanian. "Aspects of Thin- Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Materials, Devices, and Applications." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006): Brown University Center for Environmental Studies. "Fossil Fuels." Brown University.. Dresselhaus, Mildred S., Gang Chen, Ming Y. Tang, Ronggui Yang, Hohyun Lee, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, and Pawan Gogna. "New Directions for Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials." Advanced Materials 19 (2007): "History." Thermoelectrics. Caltech.. "Seebeck." Chemistry. Institute of Chemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.. Tritt, Terry M., and M.A. Subramanian. "Thermoelectric Materials, Phenomena, and Applications: A Bird's Eye View." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006): Tritt, Terry M., Harald Bottner, and Lidong Chen. "Thermoelectrics: Direct Solar Thermal Energy Conversion." MRS Bulletin 33 (38): Yang, Jihui, and Thierry Caillat. "Thermoelectric Materials for Space and Automative Power Generation." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006):