Personalized Heating on Two-Wheelers using Exhaust Gas

Two-wheelers form an integral part of Indian roads. Ranging from affordability to passion to style statement, reasons for buying a two-wheeler are many for Indian customers. The number of two-wheelers in India is on the rise annually in an exponential manner. As a matter of fact, over 70% of vehicles on Indian roads are two-wheelers. In the operation of vehicles with handlebars where the operators are exposed to lower temperatures and wind chill because of the moving cold air, the operator’s hands typically get cold first. The cold handlebars and grips also transfer heat away from the hands and combined with the cold air can make it very uncomfortable and even create a hazardous conditions. The idea of this paper is to utilize the waste heat energy being generated in automobiles. It involves the trapping of heat energy being generated from the heat source in vehicles and use this heat for personalized heating in two-wheelers. The basic principle of working for this arrangement is transferring heat energy of waste exhaust gas which is anyways going waste to the handlebar, which will maintain the temperature around the handlebar.