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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Mauro Brignone, Orbassano, IT;
Alessandro Ziggiotti, Orbassano, IT;
Piermario Repetto, Orbassano, IT;
Vito Guido Lambertini, Orbassano, IT;
Piero Perlo, Orbassano, IT;
Mauro Brignone, Orbassano, IT;
Alessandro Ziggiotti, Orbassano, IT;
Piermario Repetto, Orbassano, IT;
Vito Guido Lambertini, Orbassano, IT;
Piero Perlo, Orbassano, IT;
C.R.F. Socìetà Consortile per Azioni, Orbassano (Turin), IT;
Abstract
A generator of electric energy based on a thermoelectric effect includes a layer of thermoelectric material set between two pipes that guide two flows of fluid at temperatures different from one another. Each of the pipes has its wall in heat-conduction contact with respective side of the layer of thermoelectric material. Each pipe has a cavity of passage for the respective flow of fluid occupied by a porous material or divided by diaphragms into a plurality of sub-channels so as to obtain a large heat-exchange surface between each flow of fluid and the wall of the respective pipe and between said wall and the respective side of the layer of thermoelectric material.