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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
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 and the cooling unit so as to generate power by utilizing a temperature difference between a condensation temperature of the heat medium and a temperature of the cooling liquid; a power generation output detection unit configured to detect a power generation output of the thermoelectric element; a heat medium pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the heat medium; a storage unit for storing, in advance, a relationship between a power generation output of the thermoelectric element and the pressure of the heat medium; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality taking place in the thermoelectric power generation device.