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Cuban Sci. 2021, 2(1): 1–2

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Automotive waste energy recovery with thermoelectric generators
Octavio Armas, Pablo Fernández-Yáñez, Reyes García-Contreras, Carmen Mata
  • School of Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, University of Castilla - La Mancha (UCLM), Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071, Toledo, Spain
  • School of Mining and Industrial Engineering, University of Castilla - La Mancha (UCLM), Almadén, Spain
“Thermoelectric generators arise as an option to recover part of the great amount of energy wasted as heat in the exhaust systems of internal combustion engines. Results of fuel savings with diesel and gasoline engines are provided.”

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