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Title:
THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND MARINE VESSEL WITH THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014195379
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric generator capable of efficiently recovering waste heat from an engine 25 for power generation as an electric energy in spite of a simple structure.SOLUTION: The thermoelectric generator 30 comprises: a pipeline 31 for flowing the exhaust gas; and a plurality of thermoelectric units 32 having plate-like thermoelectric modules 33 for generating power by temperature difference between a low temperature side and a high temperature side. The high temperature side of each of thermoelectric modules 33 is heated by the exhaust gas. The pipeline 31 is formed with a polygonal cross section. The thermoelectric unit groups 32 are attached to each of plane parts 41 of the pipeline 31.

Inventors:
HYUGA RYOSUKE
KIYOKAWA KATSUMI
HIROSE MASARU
Application Number:
JP2013071080A
Publication Date:
October 09, 2014
Filing Date:
March 29, 2013
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Assignee:
YANMAR CO LTD
International Classes:
H02N11/00; F01N5/02; H01L35/16; H01L35/30
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004208476A2004-07-22
JP2006109539A2006-04-20
JP2010242700A2010-10-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ryuichi Watanabe