Lg Innotek Co., Ltd.

Un Hak Lee

Sang Hoon Bong

Jong Hyun Kang

Seong Jae Jeon

Sung Chul Kim

Young Sam Yoo

Jung Ho Kim

Young Kil Song

Yun Sang Song

Seung Yong Lee

Myoung Lae Roh

Tae Woong Kim

An embodiment of the present invention provides a heat conversion device comprising: a frame comprising a plurality of second through holes; and one or more thermoelectric devices connected to the frame, wherein the width of each of the plurality of second through holes is smaller than the distance between through holes which are closest to each other from among the plurality of second through holes.

Heat conversion device and power generation system comprising same

A thermoelectric device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fluid flow part including one surface and the reverse surface spaced apart from the one surface in a first direction; a first thermoelectric element disposed on the one surface of the fluid flow part; a second thermoelectric element disposed on the reverse surface of the fluid flow part; a first shield member disposed on the first thermoelectric element; and a second shield member disposed on the second thermoelectric element, wherein the first shield member and the second shield member each include coupling holes, and the coupling holes of the first shield member and the coupling holes of the second shield member are arranged offset from each other in the first direction.

Thermoelectric module and power generation device including same

A heat conversion device may comprise: a frame, and a first cooling water inflow tube and a first cooling water discharge tube; and multiple second cooling water discharge tubes connected to the first cooling water discharge tube and arranged on the other side of the multiple unit modules along the second direction. Each unit module comprises a cooling water passage chamber, a first thermoelectric module, and a second thermoelectric module. A cooling water inflow port is formed on a third surface between the first and second surfaces of the cooling water passage chamber. A cooling water discharge port is formed on a fourth surface between the first and second surface of the cooling water passage chamber. The cooling water inflow port is connected to the second cooling water inflow tubes, and the cooling water discharge port is connected to the second cooling water discharge tubes.

Heat conversion device

A thermoelectric module, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a substrate; a thermoelectric element arranged on the substrate to be spaced apart from each other; and a cover member arranged on the substrate and arranged on one side of the thermoelectric element, wherein the cover member includes a first side surface closest to one side of the thermoelectric element and a second side surface facing the first side surface, the first side surface includes a first groove concave toward the second side surface, the second side surface includes a second groove concave toward the first side surface, and the width of the first groove is greater than the width of the second groove.

Thermoelectric module and power generation apparatus including the same

A thermoelectric device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fluid flow part including one surface and the other surface spaced apart from the one surface in a first direction; a first thermoelectric element arranged on one surface of the fluid flow part; and a second thermoelectric element arranged on the other surface of the fluid flow part. A first groove overlapping the first thermoelectric element in the first direction and a first hole not overlapping the first thermoelectric element in the first direction are arranged on one surface of the fluid flow part, wherein a depth of the first groove is less than a distance between the one surface and the other surface thereof, and the first hole penetrates from the one surface to the other surface thereof.

Thermoelectric device

Disclosed is a thermoelectric device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a fluid movement part including a groove part extending in a first direction on one surface; a thermoelectric module arranged on the one surface; and a shield member arranged on the thermoelectric module, wherein the shield member includes: a first part overlapping with the thermoelectric module in the vertical direction; a second part deviated from the thermoelectric module in the vertical direction; and a stepped part for connecting the first part to the second part, and the second part is closer than the first part to one surface of the fluid movement part, and the groove part of the fluid movement part overlaps with the second part and/or the stepped part in the vertical direction.

A power generating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a duct through which a first fluid passes, a first thermoelectric module and a second thermoelectric module disposed on a first surface of the duct to be spaced apart from each other, a connector disposed between the first thermoelectric module and the second thermoelectric module on the first surface of the duct, and a shield member disposed on the connector on the first surface of the duct, wherein the shield member includes a first face and a second face having a height higher than a height of the first face.

Power generating apparatus

Disclosed according to an embodiment of the present invention is a thermoelectric device comprising: a fluid flow part; a thermoelectric module disposed on the fluid flow part; a guide part disposed on the fluid flow part and spaced apart from the thermoelectric module; and a shield member disposed on the thermoelectric module, wherein a part of the guide part overlaps the shield member in the vertical direction.

Thermoelectric module and power generator comprising same

A power generation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a thermoelectric conversion part including a duct and multiple thermoelectric modules arranged on a surface of the duct; a chamber having a hole formed through a lateral surface thereof to allow the thermoelectric conversion part to be inserted therethrough; a wire connected to the multiple thermoelectric modules; and a guide member having a reception space formed therein for receiving the wire, wherein the guide member comprises: a case disposed adjacent to the side surface of the chamber and including a through-hole and a wire hole through which the wire passes; a pipe disposed outside the reception space of the case to correspond to the through-hole; a molding member disposed in the reception space; and a cover disposed at the upper end of the case, and the molding member is disposed to surround the wire.

Power generation apparatus

A heat converter according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of unit modules respectively arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a frame, which supports the plurality of unit modules, allows cooling water to flow in through one surface arranged in the first direction, and allows the cooling water to be discharged through the other surface arranged in the first direction, wherein each unit module includes: a cooling water passage chamber having first and second surfaces arranged to be spaced in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces arranged to be spaced in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction, a fifth surface arranged to be spaced in the second direction such that cooing water flows therein, and a sixth surface from which cooling water is discharged; a first thermoelectric module arranged on the first surface; and a second thermoelectric module arranged on the second surface, the first thermoelectric module includes a plurality of group thermoelectric elements, each group thermoelectric element includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements, which have the same minimum spacing distance from the fourth surface in the third direction, and the plurality of thermoelectric elements in at least one group thermoelectric element of the plurality of group thermoelectric elements are electrically connected to each other.

Heat converter

A heat conversion apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a pipe which includes a first flat surface and a second flat surface disposed parallel to the first surface, and through which air having a lower temperature than entered air is discharged; a plurality of thermoelectric elements that have heat-absorbing surfaces disposed in external sides of the respective first and second surfaces; a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are electrically connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements; and coolant passing members that are disposed on heat-radiating surfaces of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, wherein an external floor surface of the coolant passing member includes a plurality of first external floor surfaces having a first height and a plurality of second external floor surfaces having a second height that is different from the first height, the plurality of first external floor surfaces are in contact with the heat-radiating surfaces of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, and the plurality of PCBs are disposed in the plurality of second external floor surfaces.

Heat conversion apparatus

Disclosed is a power generation device including a case including a through hole configured to pass therethrough in a first direction and form an inner surface, a duct disposed in the through hole of the case and having a flow path such that a first fluid flows in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first thermoelectric module including a first thermoelectric device disposed on a first surface of the duct and a first fin disposed in the first thermoelectric device, a second thermoelectric module including a second thermoelectric device disposed on a second surface facing the first surface of the duct and a second fin disposed in the second thermoelectric device, a plurality of first guide portions coupled to the case and disposed on the duct while facing each other, and a second guide portion disposed on a third surface formed between the first surface and the second surface of the duct. Here, the second guide portion extends between the plurality of first guide portions in the second direction. Also, the plurality of first guide portions and the second guide portion each include a tilting surface, and a tilt angle of the tilting surface of the second guide portion differs from a tilt angle of the tilting surface of each of the plurality of first guide portions.

A heat conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a frame comprising multiple unit modules arranged in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, respectively, and a first cooling water inflow tube and a first cooling water discharge tube formed along the first direction so as to support the multiple unit modules; multiple second cooling water inflow tubes connected to the first cooling water inflow tube and arranged on one side of the multiple unit modules along the second direction; and multiple second cooling water discharge tubes connected to the first cooling water discharge tube and arranged on the other side of the multiple unit modules along the second direction. Each unit module comprises a cooling water passage chamber, a first thermoelectric module arranged on a first surface of the cooling water passage chamber, and a second thermoelectric module arranged on a second surface of the cooling water passage chamber. A cooling water inflow port is formed on a third surface between the first and second surfaces of the cooling water passage chamber. A cooling water discharge port is formed on a fourth surface between the first and second surface of the cooling water passage chamber. The cooling water inflow port is connected to the second cooling water inflow tubes, and the cooling water discharge port is connected to the second cooling water discharge tubes.

A heat conversion apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a duct through which cooling fluid passes; a first thermoelectric module disposed on a first surface of the duct; a second thermoelectric module disposed on a second surface, which is disposed in parallel to the first surface, of the duct; and a gas guide member disposed above a third surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the duct so as to be spaced from the third surface, wherein the gas guide member includes one end thereof coming in contact with the first thermoelectric module, the other end thereof coming in contact with the second thermoelectric module, and an extended part for connecting the one end and the other end, and the gas guide member can have a form in which the distance thereof from the third surface gradually increases toward the center between the one end and the other end.

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Un Hak Lee