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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Lijun Gao, Renton, WA (US);
Shengyi Liu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Chin-hsi Chien, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for producing electrical power has a thermoelectric device coupled to an aircraft bleed system for generating electrical power using temperature differentials between ram air and bleed air. A system control is coupled to the ram air and the bleed air to control a temperature of the bleed air and to control a temperature gradient of the thermoelectric device.