Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Electric power generator
Patent
1982-03-16
1984-07-31
Sebastian, Leland A.
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Electric power generator
136201, 136205, 136206, 136209, 136211, 136212, 136224, 136227, H01L 3528
Patent
active
044632142
ABSTRACT:
A method of operating a thermoelectric generator includes: cyclically producing increasing then decreasing temperature differences in the thermoelectric material of the generator; and generating a cyclically increasing then decreasing electrical generator output signal, in response to such temperature differences, to transmit electrical power generated by the generator from the generator. Part of the thermoelectric material reaches temperatures substantially above the melting temperature of the material. The thermoelectric material of the generator forms a part of a closed electrical loop about a transformer core so that the inductor voltage for the loop serves as the output signal of the generator. A thermoelectric generator, which can be driven by the described method of operation, incorporates fins into a thermopile to conduct heat toward or away from the alternating spaces between adjacent layers of different types of thermoelectric material. The fins extend from between adjacent layers, so that they can also conduct electrical current between such layers, perpendicularly to the direction of stacking of the layers. The exhaust from an internal combustion engine can be employed to drive the thermoelectric generator, and, also, to act as a driver for a thermoelectric generator in accordance with the method of operation initially described.
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Sebastian Leland A.
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