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    公开(公告)号:US20240244974A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18289396

    申请日:2022-05-10

    发明人: Nobuaki KOMATSU

    IPC分类号: H10N10/10 E06B7/02 E06B7/10

    摘要: A technique capable of improving power generation efficiency using a temperature difference in a partitioning member and utilizing the generated electric power for various purposes. The partitioning member includes a thermally conductive member constituting part of the partitioning member, and a thermoelectric power generation unit in contact with a part of the thermally conductive member. In particular, the thermoelectric power generation unit has a heat reception surface and a heat radiation surface, and the heat reception surface and/or the heat radiation surface is in contact with the thermally conductive member, whereby a temperature difference within the partitioning member can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the thermoelectric power generation unit may include a plurality of the heat reception surfaces and/or a plurality of the heat radiation surfaces arranged in parallel on a plane.

    Method for wireless power transfer using thermoelectric generators

    公开(公告)号:US12029122B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17381269

    申请日:2021-07-21

    发明人: Alfred J. Piggott

    摘要: A TEG system is attached to a rotating shaft and generates electricity from radiant energy that is substantially radiatively transmitted through the atmosphere from a stationary source to the TEG system that is rotating with the shaft. The rotation of the shaft provides cooling to the TEG system, but not heat energy. The TEG system includes at least one TEG, each TEG equipped with an energy receiving and heat containment window and an energy conversion system in combination with controlled convection cooling enhanced by an airflow moving in response to the rotation of the rotating shaft. Individual TEGs having controlled convection cooling also are described.

    ENERGY RECOVERY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240333018A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18733786

    申请日:2024-06-04

    摘要: Provided in the present application are an energy recovery apparatus and an electronic device. The energy recovery apparatus includes a thermoelectric conversion unit, a heat dissipation component, a power storage unit, and a heating unit, where the thermoelectric conversion unit includes a first thermoelectric material and a second thermoelectric material, a first end of the first thermoelectric material is connected to a first end of the second thermoelectric material, and the first end of the first thermoelectric material and the first end of the second thermoelectric material are in contact with the heating unit; the heat dissipation component includes a heat pipe, the heat pipe includes a first end and a second end, and the second end of the heat pipe is in contact with a second end of the first thermoelectric material and a second end of the second thermoelectric material.

    Thermal management device for photovoltaic module

    公开(公告)号:US11961929B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US18071148

    申请日:2022-11-29

    摘要: A thermal management device for a photovoltaic panel includes a phase change material layer attached to a back side of the photovoltaic panel. The thermal management device includes a Seebeck thermoelectric generator having a first surface attached to the phase change material layer. The thermal management further device includes a heat sink attached to a second surface of the Seebeck thermoelectric generator. The heat sink is configured with a sinuous coil, a water inlet port and a water outlet port connected to the sinuous coil, and a plurality of heat fins. The thermal management further device includes a casing box configured to enclose its various components, and a glass cover attached to the casing box and configured to cover a top surface of the photovoltaic panel.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS PUMP

    公开(公告)号:US20230358221A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18218881

    申请日:2023-07-06

    申请人: TORRAMICS INC.

    IPC分类号: F04F9/00 H10N10/10 H10N19/00

    CPC分类号: F04F9/00 H10N10/10 H10N19/00

    摘要: A nano gas pump for generating gas flow, gas compression and gas rarefication is disclosed, which provides up to several orders of magnitude pressure difference, operates over a wide range of pressure from several millitorr to several atmospheres, and with pumping speeds from several nano liters to several liters per minute. The nano gas pump does not require any moving parts and generate gas flow using steep temperature gradients of more than 100 milli Kelvin over a mean free path of the local gas in the direction of the gas flow. Temperature gradients are created and restricted mostly to the gas doing the work, through an arrangement of PNP, NPN, PP, NN thermoelectric segments together with conductive interconnects. Contact resistance which drastically reduces the efficiency of a nanoscale thermoelectric heat pump is mitigated by overlapping thermoelectric segments and electric connections. Several exemplary embodiments are described based on linear (straight) and non-linear (turn) gas flow paths. Various staging configurations are also described.