Integrated Thermo-Electric System

A system for controlling a temperature of a passenger cabin in a vehicle having an engine, the system comprising:

• a tube for receiving a heat transfer fluid from an engine, said tube forming a first loop, and a second loop;
• a plurality of heating coils being thermally connected to said tube;
• and
• a plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps being connected to said tube, wherein said heat transfer fluid is modulated for controlling the temperature of the passenger cabin at a plurality of different points of the passenger cabin, wherein in said first loop said heat transfer fluid transfers heat from the engine to said plurality of heating coils in the passenger cabin, and wherein in said second loop said plurality of thermoelectric heat pumps receive electrical power to draw heat from the passenger cabin into a second heat transfer fluid being in said second loop, said drawn heat being expelled to ambient out of the passenger cabin.

A system for controlling a temperature of a passenger cabin in a vehicle having an engine, the system comprising:

• a tube for receiving a heat transfer fluid from an engine, said tube forming a first passenger cabin loop, and a second closed loop, said second closed loop returning to the engine;
• a plurality of heating coils being thermally connected to said first passenger cabin loop;
• and
• a plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps being connected to a third loop, wherein said heat transfer fluid is modulated for controlling the temperature of the passenger cabin at a plurality of different points of the passenger cabin, wherein in said first loop said heat transfer fluid transfers heat from the engine to said plurality of heating coils in the passenger cabin, wherein in said second loop said heat transfer fluid returns to said engine, wherein said third loop is a passenger cooling loop, wherein said plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps receive electrical power to draw heat from the passenger cabin into said third cooling loop, said drawn heat in said third passenger cooling loop being expelled to ambient.

A method of controlling a temperature of a passenger cabin in a vehicle having an engine, the method comprising:

• providing a first heating loop;
• circulating a heat transfer fluid from the engine to said first heating loop being in thermal communication with a plurality of heating coils;
• and
• circulating said heat transfer fluid in said first heating loop in further thermal communication with a plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps for heating the passenger cabin, wherein said heat transfer fluid in said first heating loop returns to the engine.