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6951456 Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator  
A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas...
6914343 Thermoelectric power from environmental temperature cycles  
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...
6894215 Thermoelectric module  
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 (...
6130377 Thermoelectric battery and power plant using the same  
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...
5928436 Means for controlling thermal properties of AMTEC cells  
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...
5726380 Thermo-electric power generation using porous metal blocks having a plurality of thermocouples connected in series  
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...
5563368 Thermoelectric power generating device  
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...
5450869 Heater mechanism including a light compact thermoelectric converter  
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...
5228923 Cylindrical thermoelectric cells  
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...
4734139 Thermoelectric generator  
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...
4639542 Modular thermoelectric conversion system  
A thermoelectric conversion system including a burner assembly and a number of thermoelectric conversion modules for converting thermal energy resulting from the operation of the burner assembly...
4463214 Thermoelectric generator apparatus and operation method  
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...
4420940 Thermo-electric installations  
A thermo-electric installation comprising a first network of hot tubes extending between two ends disposed in parallel relation and in which flows a hot fluid, a second network of cold tubes,...
4284838 Thermoelectric converter and method  
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...
4275259 Thermal converter  
A thermal converter is constructed with thermoelectric element composed of a honeycomb structural body having a large number of parallel channels extending therethrough and separated by thin walls,...
4218266 Liquid hydrocarbon-fueled thermo-electric generator with counter-flow type regenerative heat exchanger  
An air-to-air heat exchanger, comprising an array of stainless steel tubi arranged in a three-fold pass, is connected to the outlet of the combustion chamber of a liquid hydrocarbon-fueled,...
3881962 Thermoelectric generator including catalytic burner and cylindrical jacket containing heat exchange fluid  
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...
3691408 METHOD AND MEANS FOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY  
A system is disclosed in which gas produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir is directed through a vortex tube to separate hot and cold fractions therefrom. The fractions are passed across heat...
3150656 Heater  
3093567 Nuclear device for generating electric power  
2949014 Thermoelectric air conditioning apparatus  
2928279 Stagnation air temperature measuring device  
2881594 Electrical refrigerating device  
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