Exhaust train having an integrated thermoelectric generator

US9540982B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF SE
• Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Juergen Moors · Neustadt, DE
• Martin Gaertner · Worms, DE
• Georg Degen · Lorsch, DE
• Henry Bosch · Nunspeet, NL
• Roland Gauss · Enzklösterle, DE
• Karl Stockinger · Ebhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In an exhaust train for an internal combustion engine having an integrated thermoelectric generator, the exhaust train has at least one duct, through which exhaust gas flows and in which at least one thermoelectric module is arranged in such a way that the hot side of the thermoelectric module is in direct contact with the exhaust gas, while the cold side of the thermoelectric module is cooled by means of a heat transfer medium.