A thermoelectric device having a flat tube, a first thermoelectric module, and a second thermoelectric module. The thermoelectric modules each have a housing that includes at least two opposite first walls. A plurality of thermoelectric elements is arranged between the first walls of the housing. The thermoelectric elements have opposite surfaces, each of which is in thermal contact with one of the first walls of the housing of the thermoelectric module.

A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE) selectable between a running state and a non-running state. A thermoelectric generator (TEG) is in thermal contact with the ICE for converting thermal energy from the ICE to output electrical energy. The vehicle has an electric pump for circulating a liquid coolant through a coolant circuit. The electric pump is selectively powerable by the electrical energy output from the TEG. The coolant circuit is in fluid communication with the ICE, a radiator, and the TEG; and the TEG is downstream of the radiator in the coolant circuit.

An engine comprising: a sealed and rigid case containing a liquid and a work mixture of gas and steam from the liquid, a heat source able to heat the liquid, a cold source able to cool the work mixture, a movable device positioned within the case, which can move between a first position where the movable device minimize the contact between the work mixture and the cold source, and maximize the contact between the liquid and the work mixture, and a second position where the movable device maximize the contact between the work mixture and the cold source, and minimize the contact between the liquid and the work mixture, an actuator able to move the movable device from the first position to the second position and vice versa.

The waste heat recovery and dissipation apparatus incorporates a heat storage/dissipation material containing a new titanium oxide. When a pressure received by the heat storage/dissipation material from a coolant flowing through a flow channel is increased to a predetermined pressure PHR (about 60 MPa) or higher in a state where the crystal structure of the new titanium oxide is a λ-phase, the heat stored in the heat storage/dissipation material is released to the coolant. When a temperature of the heat storage/dissipation material is increased to a predetermined temperature THS (about 460 K) or higher by the heat of exhaust gas flowing a gas flow channel in a state where the crystal structure of the new titanium oxide is β-phase, the heat of the exhaust gas is stored in the heat storage/dissipation material.

The present application provides a muffler-heat exchanger (15) for an engine exhaust. The muffler-heat exchanger comprises a chamber (16) having an inlet (17) and an outlet (18) arranged such that during use exhaust gases flow through from the inlet to the outlet through the chamber. The muffler-heat exchanger also has at least one heat exchange baffle (25) disposed in the chamber to recover heat energy from the exhaust gases during use. The at least one heat exchange baffle is configured to reflect acoustic waves in the exhaust gases towards the inlet to generate destructive interference and impede incoming acoustic waves at the inlet. The present application also provides an exhaust system and an engine system.

The thermoelectric generating unit 1 generates electric power by a temperature difference between the cold side and the hot side. The heating part 4 is composed of a plate-like hollow member 4a and a tubular member 4b. The hollow member 4a is provided along a hot-side surface of the thermoelectric transducer 2, and forms a plate-like cavity 40a inside. The tubular member 4b forms a tubular cavity 40b which communicates the plate-like cavity 40a, with the two open ends of the tubular member 4b being positioned distantly from each other and connected to the plate-like hollow member 4a. The tubular member 4b is heated from outside by a hot fluid. The plate-like cavity 40a and the tubular cavity 40b form a circulation path 40 in which a heating medium charged in the cavities 40a, 40b circulates.

An exhaust heat recovery device comprises an exhaust pipe, a shell member, a heat exchange portion, an inflow portion, a valve, a driving portion that generates a driving force for driving the valve, and a transmitting portion that transmits the driving force generated by the driving portion to the valve. The driving portion comprises an expansion portion that expands when an external electrical signal is inputted thereto, and a linearly moving portion that extends according to expansion of the expansion portion.

The present disclosure relates to a generator for an internal combustion engine. The generator for an internal combustion engine includes: a heat protector configured to cover an exhaust manifold in which exhaust gas flows to absorb heat energy emitted from the exhaust manifold; and a thermoelectric module configured to be disposed on the heat protector to generate electric energy from heat energy absorbed by the heat protector.

An exhaust treatment system includes a dust-removal system. The dust-removal system has an electric field device (1021) and an exhaust cooling device. The electric field device (1021) includes an inlet of the electric field device, an outlet of the electric field device, a dust-removal electric field cathode (10212), and a dust-removal electric field anode (10211), the dust-removal electric field cathode (10212) and the dust-removal electric field anode (10211) being used for generating an ionization dust-removal electric field. The exhaust cooling device is used for reducing an exhaust temperature before the inlet of the electric field device. An exhaust dust-removal system facilitates to reduce greenhouse gas emission, and also facilitates to reduce hazardous gas and pollutant emission, so that gas emission is more environment-friendly.

Provided is a CO.sub.2 recovery device of an internal combustion engine capable of efficiently recovering CO.sub.2 emitted from an internal combustion engine or CO.sub.2 in the air, and of efficiently synthesizing methane using CO.sub.2. A CO.sub.2 recovery device of an internal combustion engine includes a CO.sub.2 capturing material disposed at a through channel of gas including CO.sub.2 to capture CO.sub.2 in the gas, and methanation catalyst to let CO.sub.2 desorbed from the CO.sub.2 capturing material react with H.sub.2 obtained from a H.sub.2 supply source to generate methane. The CO.sub.2 recovery device has a function to raise temperature of the CO.sub.2 capturing material using heat generated from the internal combustion engine to desorb CO.sub.2.