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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, JP;
Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;
Satoru Yamanaka, Shiga, JP;
Juyoung Kim, Shiga, JP;
Hirohisa Tanaka, Shiga, JP;
Tadachika Nakayama, Niigata, JP;
Masatoshi Takeda, Niigata, JP;
Noboru Yamada, Niigata, JP;
Koichi Niihara, Niigata, JP;
DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
National University Corporation 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 which is able to produce temporal temperature variation based on the temperature change of the heat source and in which polarization occurs; a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the first device; a voltage application device that applies a voltage to the first device; and a control unit for activating the voltage application device on detecting an increase in temperature of the first device and for stopping the voltage application device on detecting a decrease in temperature of the first device by the temperature sensor.