EXHAUST GAS ROUTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A THERMOELECTRICAL GENERATOR

• Main Authors: LINDE, MATTHIAS, EDER, ANDREAS, NEUGEBAUER, STEPHAN, MAZAR, BORIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.02.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; ELECTRICITY; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINEPLANTS; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; STEAM ENGINES; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; WEAPONS

An exhaust gas routing device for an internal-combustion engine having a thermoelectric generator is fluidically connected with an exhaust gas line and a pipe guiding a coolant. The generator has a plurality of thermoelectric yoke pairs which are arranged between a first surface heated by the exhaus...