Thermoelectric power source utilizing ambient energy harvesting for remote sensing and transmitting
    4.
    发明授权
    Thermoelectric power source utilizing ambient energy harvesting for remote sensing and transmitting 有权
    利用环境能量收集进行遥感和传输的热电源

    公开(公告)号:US07834263B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-16

    申请号:US10727062

    申请日:2003-12-02

    IPC分类号: H01L35/30

    CPC分类号: H01L35/34 H01L35/08

    摘要: A method and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical device wherein the electrical energy is originally generated from temperature differences in an environment having a first and a second temperature region. A thermoelectric device having a first side and a second side wherein the first side is in communication with a means for transmitting ambient thermal energy collected or rejected in the first temperature region and the second side is in communication with the second temperature region thereby producing a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric device and in turn generating an electrical current.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于向电气装置提供电能的方法和装置,其中电能最初由具有第一和第二温度区域的环境中的温度差产生。 一种具有第一侧和第二侧的热电装置,其中第一侧与用于在第一温度区域和第二侧收集或拒绝的环境热能传输的装置连通,与第二温度区域连通,从而产生温度 跨越热电装置的梯度,从而产生电流。

    Composite metal foil and ceramic fabric materials
    6.
    发明授权
    Composite metal foil and ceramic fabric materials 失效
    复合金属箔和陶瓷织物

    公开(公告)号:US5098795A

    公开(公告)日:1992-03-24

    申请号:US231140

    申请日:1988-08-10

    IPC分类号: B32B15/14 C04B37/02 F28F21/00

    摘要: The invention comprises new materials useful in a wide variety of terrestrial and space applications. In one aspect, the invention comprises a flexible cloth-like material comprising a layer of flexible woven ceramic fabric bonded with a layer of metallic foil. In another aspect, the invention includes a flexible fluid impermeable barrier comprising a flexible woven ceramic fabric layer having metal wire woven therein. A metallic foil layer is incontinuously welded to the woven metal wire. In yet another aspect, the invention includes a material comprising a layer of flexible woven ceramic fabric bonded with a layer of an organic polymer. In still another aspect, the invention includes a rigid fabric structure comprising a flexible woven ceramic fabric and a resinous support material which has been hardened as the direct result of exposure to ultraviolet light. Inventive methods for producing such material are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 本发明包括可用于各种陆地和空间应用的新材料。 在一个方面,本发明包括柔性布状材料,其包括与金属箔层接合的柔性编织陶瓷织物层。 在另一方面,本发明包括柔性流体不可渗透屏障,其包括其中编织有金属丝的柔性编织陶瓷织物层。 金属箔层不连续地焊接到编织金属线上。 在另一方面,本发明包括一种包含与有机聚合物层结合的柔性编织陶瓷织物层的材料。 在另一方面,本发明包括刚性织物结构,其包括柔性编织陶瓷织物和树脂支撑材料,其直接由于暴露于紫外线而被硬化。 还公开了用于生产这种材料的本发明的方法。

    THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES
    7.
    发明申请
    THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES 审中-公开
    热电装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090084421A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-02

    申请号:US11864877

    申请日:2007-09-28

    IPC分类号: H01L35/02 H01L35/34 C23C14/34

    CPC分类号: H01L35/32 H01L35/34

    摘要: One or more thin-film layers of thermoelectric material are formed on one or both sides of a substrate (e.g., a flexible substrate). In some embodiments, the thin-film layers have features that scatter phonons. A flexible substrate and its attached layers of thermoelectric material can be rolled up and/or arranged in a serpentine configuration for incorporation into a thermoelectric power source. In some embodiments, thin-film layers on one side of a substrate form a single, continuous thermoelectric element. In particular embodiments, one or more thin-film layers are fabricated on a substrate using an arrangement where the substrate is wrapped around a wheel and rotated one or more times past a sputtering device or other device for depositing material.

    摘要翻译: 在基板(例如柔性基板)的一侧或两侧上形成一个或多个热电材料薄膜层。 在一些实施例中,薄膜层具有分散声子的特征。 柔性基板及其附着的热电材料层可以卷绕和/或布置成蛇形结构以结合到热电电源中。 在一些实施例中,衬底一侧上的薄膜层形成单个连续的热电元件。 在具体实施方案中,使用这样的布置在衬底上制造一个或多个薄膜层,其中衬底缠绕在轮上并且旋转一次或多次通过溅射装置或用于沉积材料的其它装置。

    Structure and method for controlling the thermal emissivity of a radiating object
    8.
    发明授权
    Structure and method for controlling the thermal emissivity of a radiating object 有权
    用于控制辐射物体的热辐射率的结构和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06713774B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-30

    申请号:US09728786

    申请日:2000-11-30

    IPC分类号: G21R100

    摘要: A structure and method for changing or controlling the thermal emissivity of the surface of an object in situ, and thus, changing or controlling the radiative heat transfer between the object and its environment in situ, is disclosed. Changing or controlling the degree of blackbody behavior of the object is accomplished by changing or controlling certain physical characteristics of a cavity structure on the surface of the object. The cavity structure, defining a plurality of cavities, may be formed by selectively removing material(s) from the surface, selectively adding a material(s) to the surface, or adding an engineered article(s) to the surface to form a new radiative surface. The physical characteristics of the cavity structure that are changed or controlled include cavity area aspect ratio, cavity longitudinal axis orientation, and combinations thereof. Controlling the cavity area aspect ratio may be by controlling the size of the cavity surface area, the size of the cavity aperture area, or a combination thereof. The cavity structure may contain a gas, liquid, or solid that further enhances radiative heat transfer control and/or improves other properties of the object while in service.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于改变或控制物体表面的热辐射率的原位结构和方法,从而改变或控制物体与其原位环境之间的辐射热传递。 通过改变或控制物体表面上的空腔结构的某些物理特性来改变或控制物体的黑体行为程度。 限定多个空腔的空腔结构可以通过从表面选择性地去除材料而形成,选择性地向表面添加材料,或者将工程制品添加到表面以形成新的 辐射表面。 改变或控制的空腔结构的物理特性包括空腔面积纵横比,腔纵轴取向及其组合。 控制空腔面积纵横比可以通过控制空腔表面积的大小,空腔开口面积的大小或其组合。 空腔结构可以包含气体,液体或固体,其在使用中进一步增强辐射热传递控制和/或改善对象的其它性质。