Device for use in a furnace exhaust stream for thermoelectric generation
Patent
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OSTI ID:1084243
A device for generating voltage or electrical current includes an inner elongated member mounted in an outer elongated member, and a plurality of thermoelectric modules mounted in the space between the inner and the outer members. The outer and/or inner elongated members each include a plurality of passages to move a temperature altering medium through the members so that the device can be used in high temperature environments, e.g. the exhaust system of an oxygen fired glass melting furnace. The modules are designed to include a biasing member and/or other arrangements to compensate for differences in thermal expansion between the first and the second members. In this manner, the modules remain in contact with the first and second members. The voltage generated by the modules can be used to power electrical loads.
- Research Organization:
- PPG Industries Ondo, Inc, Cleveland, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-04GO14044
- Assignee:
- PPG Industries Ondo, Inc (Cleveland, OH)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,461,447
- Application Number:
- 11/958,565
- OSTI ID:
- 1084243
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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