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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Peter Renze, Mannheim, DE;
Jürgen Moors, Neustadt, DE;
Georg Degen, Lorsch, DE;
Knut Wassermann, Princeton, NJ (US);
Peter Renze, Mannheim, DE;
Jürgen Moors, Neustadt, DE;
Georg Degen, Lorsch, DE;
Knut Wassermann, Princeton, NJ (US);
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A thermoelectric generator includes a thermoelectric module and a micro heat exchanger. The thermoelectric module includes p- and n-conducting thermoelectric material pieces which are alternately connected to one another via electrically conductive contacts. The thermoelectric module is thermally conductively connected to a micro heat exchanger. The micro heat exchanger includes a plurality of continuous channels having a diameter of at most 1 mm, through which a fluid heat exchanger medium can flow.