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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Icepipe Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Cheol Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Icepipe Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a generator. The generator in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a thermoelectric element, which creates an electromotive force by using a temperature difference between a high-temperature portion and a low-temperature portion; a heat source, which is thermally coupled to the high-temperature portion and transfers heat to the high-temperature portion; and a vibrating capillary-shaped heat-pipe, which has a working fluid injected therein, is thermally coupled to the low-temperature portion, and discharges heat of the low-temperature portion. The generator in accordance with the present invention can increase an efficiency of power generation using the thermoelectric element by employing a highly exothermic vibrating capillary-shaped heat-pipe to maintain the temperature difference required for power generation.