1. Utilizing Thermal Waste Energy Jason Chiu

2. Need 199019961990-96 SectorMTCE MTCE IncreaseIncrease Residential556,441 697,861 141,42025% Commercial368,972482,846 113,87431% Industrial152,399190,948 38,54925% Transportation1,020,8681,071,08550,2175% Electric Utility120,8291,430,6691,309,8401084% Total2,219,509 3,873,409 1,653,900 75% Generated by Brown University

3. Thermoelectricity http://www.arborsci.com/detail.aspx?ID=430

4. Seebeck Effect Generated by Cornell University

5. Peltier Effect Generated by Cornell University

6. Thomson Effect Generated by Cornell University

7. Figure of Merit and Amount of Heat Wasted Terry Tritt, 2007 60% wasted Low efficiency still saves a lot Formula for TE figure of merit

8. Literature Review Bottner et al 2006 Dresselhaus et al, 2007 Yang and Caillat, 2006 Subramanian, 2006

9. Bibliography Bottner, Harald, Gang Chen, and Rama Venkatasubramanian. "Aspects of Thin-Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Materials, Devices, and Applications." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006): 211-17. 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): 1-12. "History." Thermoelectrics. Caltech.. "Peltier Effect." Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 2007. "Seebeck." Chemistry. Institute of Chemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.. "Seebeck Effect." Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 2007. "Thermoelectrics (Intro to TE)." Cornell Chemistry. Cornell University.. Tritt, Terry M., and M.A. Subramanian. "Thermoelectric Materials, Phenomena, and Applications: A Bird's Eye View." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006): 188-98. Tritt, Terry M., Harald Bottner, and Lidong Chen. "Thermoelectrics: Direct Solar Thermal Energy Conversion." MRS Bulletin 33 (38): 366-68. Yang, Jihui, and Thierry Caillat. "Thermoelectric Materials for Space and Automative Power Generation." MRS Bulletin 31 (2006): 224-29. Zhang et al. “How to recuperate industrial waste heat beyond time and space.” International Journal of Exergy, 2009; 6 (2): 214