What is it about?
The cooling water in vehicles' water tanks absorbs the heat generated by engines and then gradually heats up. The heated cooling water is usually channeled into a radiator and returned to the water tank until the heat is dissipated. This has caused the problem of energy waste in the cold–hot conversion process, which increases the environmental impact of the vehicles. Therefore, in this research, a thermal power generation device is designed with a simple structure, composed of a Pt100 thermocouple thermometer and a thermistor with an LM358 operational amplifier as two different sensing devices. The designed device is expected to increase the power generation capacity without using additional energy for cooling thermoelectric power generation chips.
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Why is it important?
The thermal energy generated by the water tank in our innovative device is used to generate electric energy, which achieves the purpose of energy recycling. The designed device is cost-effective and can achieve the purpose of reducing environmental impact and energy conservation.
Perspectives
This paper describes an innovative design that recycles thermal energy into electric energy for vehicles. By employing the proposed design, energy can be recycled and reutilized to reduce environmental impact and conserve energy. This research can be used as a reference for vocational education from the aspects of technology, management, design, technical implementation of design, and research and development.
Dr. Yong Neng Chow
Zhaoqing University
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This page is a summary of: Application of Water Tank Employing Smart Sensor for Thermal?Electric Energy Conversion on Vehicles, Sensors and Materials, January 2020, MYU K.K.,
DOI: 10.18494/sam.2020.2583.
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