This document proposes building a car powered by a thermoelectric generator. Thermoelectric generators use temperature differences to generate electricity without moving parts. The car would use a heat source to create a temperature difference across a thermoelectric plate, powering a motor. Facilities needed include a peltier plate, heat sinks, a chassis, and wheels. The goal is to demonstrate a practically running model car powered solely by thermoelectric generation.

1. THERMOELECTRI
C
POWERED CAR

2. INTRODUCTION
• The idea behind this project is to make a Car that is powered
by thermoelectric source, i.e. to build a car that moves with
temperature difference.
• This concept has not been explored earlier but a lot of
research can be done in this regard.
• We will be presenting a practically running model of a car
driven by a simple heat source with the help of thermoelectric
generator.

3. CONCEPT
• The world wastes a lot of heat. Between half and two-thirds of
the fuel we burn to create energy is dissipated as heat into the
atmosphere. While it has been long known that waste heat
can be converted into energy, the low efficiency of early
thermoelectric generation systems was such that it limited the
process’s usefulness.
• TEGs can take waste heat from energy generation or industrial
processes and convert it into electricity. TEGs can provide
electricity to a load directly when a constant heat source is
available, or they can be used in combination with batteries if
the heat source is not constant. A typical TEG is made of
bismuth-telluride semiconductors sandwiched between two
metallized ceramic plates

4. THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR

5. PRINCLIPLE
• This concept is very useful in terms that it adds up to other
renewable sources of energy and can be used in place of other
non-conventional sources of energy like wind, solar, tides,
geothermal heat, etc.
• This is a new concept for electricity generation using
temperature difference between junctions of a peltier
element to be used in our project.
• The complete Thermo Electric Generator would be based on
Seebeck Effect that is reverse of peltier effect.
• The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion
of temperature differences to electric voltage

6. WORKING
• . This system utilizes the low temperature difference between
two hot and cold junctions of peltier element to generate
pollution free electricity without any moving or bulky parts
using the latest technology of thermoelectric generation using
peltier plates.
• when the temperature difference is maintained by heating
element in one side and cooling element in other side,
thermoelectric current flows through the junction and voltage
is obtained at the output of TEG.

7. PELTIER PLATE

8. WORKING OF THERMOELECTRIC
GENERATOR

9. Proposed Design of thermoelectric
car
Heat Exchanger
Pillar Rods
Aluminum Sheet
Heat source
Peltier Plate
Copper Sheet
Chassis
Heat Sink

10. FACILITIES REQUIRED
• Peltier Plates (TEC-12706), operating voltage: 12V, size: 4 x 4 cm,
thickness : 5mm
• Heat Sink: To be designed to increase the surface area of cold junction of
peltier plate to increase the electricity and efficiency of the thermoelectric
generator .Material: Aluminium
• Heat sink compound and Thermal paste (Adhesives) to mount peltier
element on heat sink.
• Base container 9Aluminium) for setup of the generator
• Clamps to mount heat sink on base plates
• Support shafts to provide height to heat sink (Aluminium)
• Other tools and equipments: Nut-bolt pairs, screwdrivers, multimeters,
Drillling machine, lathe machine, surface grinding machine
• Output devices, load to show the generated electricity.
• Chassis of Car
• Wheels and hubs
• Clamps for mounting wheels
• Motors (12V,30 rpm)

11. THANKS FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION