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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Yanmar Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshika Hatasako, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Fukudome, Osaka, JP;
Yuichiro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shuichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric power generation device including: a heating unit having a heat medium passage in which a heat medium flows, a cooling unit having a cooling liquid passage in which a cooling liquid flows, a thermoelectric element having the heating unit on one side and the cooling unit on another side, the thermoelectric element configured to generate power by utilizing a temperature difference between a condensation temperature of the heat medium that undergoes latent heat transfer in the heat medium passage and a temperature of the cooling liquid; and the thermoelectric power generation device further including a heat medium adjusting unit configured to adjust the pressure or the temperature of the heat medium.