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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2003
John G. Desteese, Kennewick, WA (US);
Larry C. Olsen, Kennewick, WA (US);
John G. DeSteese, Kennewick, WA (US);
Larry C. Olsen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical device wherein the electrical energy is originally generated from temperature differences in an environment having a first and a second temperature region. A thermoelectric device having a first side and a second side wherein the first side is in communication with a means for transmitting ambient thermal energy collected or rejected in the first temperature region and the second side is in communication with the second temperature region thereby producing a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric device and in turn generating an electrical current.