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7273981 |
Representative configurations for improved thermoelectric power generation systems to improve and increase thermal efficiency are disclosed.
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6921858 |
Apparatus providing at least one thermoelectric device for pressurizing a liquefied gas container and methods employing same are disclosed. A thermoelectric device including a heating surface and a cooling surface is used for pressurizin...
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6914343 |
An electric generator system for producing electric power from the environmental temperature changes such as occur during a normal summer day on Earth or Mars. In a preferred embodiment a phase-change mass is provided which partially or ...
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6903259 |
A fuel reforming system comprises a fuel reformer and a thermoelectric device positioned in thermal communication with the fuel reformer. A method of generating electrical energy is also disclosed.
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6894215 |
A thermoelectric module with a simple structure with less breakage by thermal stress is provided. For this purpose, the thermoelectric module includes p-type and n-type thermoelectric elements ( 13, 14 ) which are alternately placed, and...
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6879008 |
A Seebeck effect thermal sensor is formed in an integrated fashion with a power-dissipating device such as a power MOSFET. The integrated device generates a temperature difference between a relatively cold peripheral area and a relativel...
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6819226 |
The invention involves systems and methods of providing energy to land-based telemetry devices wherein the energy storage and power conditioning system is comprised of an input power supply, an energy storage element, an output supply an...
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6740806 |
A combined thermocouple and thermopile capable of producing multiple EMF signals. The combined thermocouple and thermopile construction is particularly adapted for use as an electric generator capable of producing multiple EMF signals an...
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6672076 |
An improved efficiency thermoelectric system is disclosed wherein convection is actively facilitated through a thermoelectric array. Thermoelectrics are commonly used for cooling and heating applications. Thermal power is convected throu...
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6637210 |
An improved efficiency thermoelectric system operates the thermoelectric elements in the system in a non-steady state manner. The thermoelectric elements are powered for predefined periods of time to obtain increased efficiency. This ben...
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6380476 |
A device for generating electric power in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the wellbore being provided with a conduit for passage of a stream of hydrocarbon fluid produced from the earth formation, the power generator comprising ...
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6348650 |
An improved thermopile infrared sensor is provided wherein thermoelectric elements are formed on a single crystalline silicon substrate containing a cavity therein. The thermopile infrared sensor contains a first dielectric film covering...
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6288322 |
A honeycomb-shaped electric element includes a honeycomb-shaped structural body, the honeycomb-shaped structural body including crossing partition walls defining a number of through-holes arranged thereamong, the through-holes being arra...
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6150601 |
Electric power is generated downhole in a well using a thermoelectric device. A temperature gradient or differential ΔT present in the well is applied to the thermoelectric device to produce a voltage potential across the output termina...
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6130377 |
A thermoelectric battery is disclosed which uses pipes connected in series made from two different metallic materials. The pipes are connected in an alternating manner and exposed to sunlight to increase the temperature therein. Other pa...
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6096966 |
A thermoelectric module having a high thermoelectric performance is shown and described. A flat thermoelectric module comprises a multi-layered body provided with a thermoelectric material layer having output take-out faces on two opposi...
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5939667 |
A subsea thermoelectric generator has a plurality of flat thermoelectric modules attached concentrically to the outside wall of an undersea line in which petroleum products extracted from a subsea drilling well circulate. The thermoelect...
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5929372 |
The present invention relates to an electric generator, of the type including thermoelectric cells electrically attached and insulated between both walls of a duct separating a moving internal fluid and an external fluid having a tempera...
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5928436 |
The present invention provides an AMTEC cell having a more robust power conductance path (conduction, radiation, convection, and latent heat transfer) from the heat input surface of the cell to the working fluid, evaporation surface, and...
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5837928 |
A thermoelectric radiator for generating a direct current while providing at least a portion of the necessary cooling is formed with a first and second plurality of interdigitated thermoelectric lamella which are electrically joined and ...
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5726380 |
A thermo-electric power generating element has the structure that two kinds of metal sheets, or foils, which form a thermocouple combination are laminated together and alternately connected at one end and the other end so as to form a pl...
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5695283 |
A thermopile detector for a temperature measuring instrument physically and electrically configured to supply an output signal which indicates a target temperature substantially independent of the influence of ambient temperature changes...
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5597976 |
The invention encompasses a torus formed by heated and cooled junctions of dissimilar metals such as copper and nickel to generate a low voltage current and form an electrical path of greatly enhanced conductivity wherein a greater curre...
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5563368 |
A thermoelectric conversion member formed by a thermoelectric conversion element has a split ring shaped transverse cross section. Electrodes are disposed on ring ends of the thermoelectric conversion member facing each other. A magnetic...
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5554819 |
A thermoelectric generator includes a plurality of thermoelectric junctions embedded in each of a pair of thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive layers, these layers being separated by a thermally and electrically non-condu...
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5450869 |
A heater mechanism incorporating a thermoelectric converter for use with a self-powered, solid, liquid or gaseous fueled, heater. During operation of the heater mechanism the thermoelectric converter supplies sufficient electrical power ...
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5228923 |
A thermoelectric device has a cylindrical structure with a hollow central annulus member in which a fluid is pumped so that the heated fluid is pumped from the center of the structure and discharged on the outer surface of an outer annul...
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4773847 |
A liquid-fueled thermoelectric field burner operable in two modes, a start-up mode and a steady-state mode. A rechargeable battery backed up by a manually operated generator permits cold start-up of a preheat burner followed by operation...
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4734139 |
A thermoelectric generator module which is formed with a hot side heat exchanger having extruded fins on one surface and in contact with a series of individual thermoelectric semiconductor modules on the opposite side of the exchanger. A...
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4673863 |
A voltage generator (1) which is adapted to be mounted on the exhaust pipe (9) of a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of thermocouples mounted on support fins (3) the hot junctions of the thermocouples being adjacent the longitudinal e...
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4520305 |
A thermoelectric electricity generating system for connection with a heat source and a heat acceptor respectively by first and second elongate plates of substantially constant cross section and high heat and electrical conductivity. A pl...
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4499329 |
Thermoelectric installation of the "heat pump" type, in which the thermoelements 1 and the exchangers 2 and 3 are stacked to form columns, these assembled to form a rack. The rows of exchangers 2 and 3 demarcate two conduits for the circ...
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4492809 |
A thermoelectrical arrangement comprises a thermocouple element, each limb of which has a heat flow at one point such that a large temperature gradient is present and, as a result, the specific heat conduction at this point is reduced.
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4463214 |
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 el...
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4419617 |
Apparatus are described for converting thermal energy into electrical energy wherein the electrical energy conversion is accomplished by the use of materials having thermally dependent magnetic susceptibilities. In some embodiments one o...
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4298768 |
An electron current generator is disclosed which includes a non-electrical heat source, a heat pipe having its first end in thermal relationship with the heat source, and a second end projecting upwardly therefrom and constituting a ther...
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4284838 |
The invention comprises the conversion of thermal power into electrical energy. Two dissimilar metals, such as aluminum and brass, are separated by a heat conductive and electrical conductive material. Water makes a good separator. When ...
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4276440 |
A generator of electric energy by the transformation of thermal, solar energy, or of heat of any source, consisting in one or more thermocouples combined with a cooling device, cooling down the weldings of the thermocouples on which heat...
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4251290 |
A thermocouple and thermopile formed of conductor elements. The conductors are joined at thermocouple junctions, with the junction areas being relatively large compared with the normal cross-sectional area of the conductor elements. By p...
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4204882 |
Thermoelectric generator assembly accommodating differential thermal expansion between thermoelectric elements by means of a cylindrical split follower forming a slot and having internal spring loaded wedges that permit the split followe...
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4152537 |
An electricity generator which produces electrical energy from the random Brownian movement of molecules in a gas, and the uneven distribution of thermal energy in the different molecules of the gas, which is at an overall average unifor...
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4111717 |
A thermopile type radiation detector for use in radiation pyrometry having small size and high performance in which the thermopiles are formed by evaporating the thermocouple leads onto a thin substrate together with a pattern distributi...
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4095998 |
A thermoelectric voltage generator utilizing heat from a vehicle exhaust to rovide a differential temperature through a plurality of thermoelectric elements comprised of serially connected alternate N- and P-type semiconductors having al...
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4092177 |
An improved thermopile construction particularly adapted for use as an electric generator for producing a signalin response to heat from a pilot flame. Groups of elongated elements of dissimilar metals are assembled or arrayed in a circl...
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4056406 |
A tubular thermoelectric module used primarily as a part of thermoelectric generators, comprising an inner thermal conductor with circular thermopiles embracing the inner thermal conductor, and with strips serving to interconnect the the...
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4020368 |
An electric power generator of the type employing a nuclear heat source or the like and a thermoelectric converter is described wherein a transparent thermal insulating medium is provided inside an encapsulating enclosure to thermally in...
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4018625 |
A thermo-electric assembly comprises a plurality of metal layers, of alternately different metals, with dielectric layers between them, the layers being produced by deposition from the vapor-phase in a vacuum. Each dielectric layer separ...
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3979226 |
An improved thermal generator is described which includes a plurality of film thermocouples which are vapor-deposited on an insulating carrier material. The improvement resides in the fact that at least two rows of the thermocouples, arr...
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3969149 |
Very compact thermoelectric microgenerator providing a high output voltage (10 V) and having high efficiency, comprising a great number of thermocouples arranged in rows connected together so as to form a continuous conductor of deposite...
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3881962 |
A generator of the thermoelectric type isolates the fuel combustion area thereof from a series of thermoelectric elements or modules and makes use of a two-phase vapor heat transfer in which there is a transfer from a liquid phase to a g...
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