Thermogenerator

摘要

A thermogenerator including several thermocouples that are electrically connected together. The thermocouples are arranged between one hot side of the thermogenerator receiving a thermal flow and a cold side that is arranged at a distance from the hot side. The thermoelectric generator that at least temporarily uses the fed thermal energy efficiently. The thermoelectric generator can be designed as a module including a collector for a thermal solar system and the thermal carrier medium flowing through the collector is guided, at least temporarily, to a thermoelectric generator by a heat exchanger.

主权项

1. A thermogenerator system, comprising:
a collector of a solar thermal power system through which a heat transfer medium flows, the collector comprising an absorber to recover heat; a thermogenerator comprising a plurality of thermoelectric pairs electrically connected together and arranged between a hot side of the thermogenerator that accepts incoming heat and a cold side of the thermogenerator; a heat exchanger through which the heat-transfer medium flows having a first flat surface arranged on the hot side of the thermogenerator, a second flat surface of the heat exchanger being connected to a passive rear surface of the collector through a heat-insulating intermediate layer arranged between the collector and the heat exchanger; and a valve control system having at least one switching position configured to block a flow of the heat-transfer medium through the heat exchanger, wherein the collector, the intermediate layer, the heat exchanger, and the thermogenerator are arranged in order as a stack of components and connected to form a single structural unit, and wherein the collector, the intermediate layer, the heat exchanger, and the thermogenerator are arranged in order as the stack of components without intervening components.