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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;
Juyoung Kim, Shiga, JP;
Satoru Yamanaka, Shiga, JP;
Takeshi Serizawa, Shiga, JP;
Hirohisa Tanaka, Shiga, JP;
Tadachika Nakayama, Niigata, JP;
Masatoshi Takeda, Niigata, JP;
Noboru Yamada, Niigata, JP;
Koichi Niihara, Niigata, JP;
Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;
Juyoung Kim, Shiga, JP;
Satoru Yamanaka, Shiga, JP;
Takeshi Serizawa, Shiga, JP;
Hirohisa Tanaka, Shiga, JP;
Tadachika Nakayama, Niigata, JP;
Masatoshi Takeda, Niigata, JP;
Noboru Yamada, Niigata, JP;
Koichi Niihara, Niigata, JP;
DAIHATU MOTOR CO., LTD, Osaka, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COORORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Niigata, JP;
Abstract
A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation, a first device in which polarization occurs based on the temperature change of the heat source, and a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device, wherein 80% or higher of the total surface area of the first device is heated and/or cooled with the heat source.