REALIZATION OF THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR USING A PELTIER CHIP

This paper provides a thorough description of the experimental set up and the procedure that was conformed to in order to test the hypothesis of generating electricity from the temperature difference of an automotive vehicle using a peltier chip. The experimental readings were compared to the theoretical calculations and subsequently, based on the empirical relationship between the output voltage and the temperature difference, various techniques both mechanical as well as electrical to optimize the output power such that it can be used effectively have been discussed.