主权项 |
1. A system for generating electrical energy, the system comprising:
a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices comprising a converter system, each converter system comprising:
a heat radiating component;a cooling component; anda thermal electric generator disposed between the heat radiating component and the cooling component, the thermal electric generator comprising a pair of terminals for connecting to another thermal electric generator; a case that houses the plurality of devices and comprises one or more thermal electric generators integrated onto walls of the case to convert ambient radiant heat from the plurality of devices into electricity, wherein the one or more thermal electric generators are electrically interconnected to at least one converter system of the plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of converter systems are electrically interconnected allowing power generated by the plurality of thermal electric generators to power at least one of the plurality of devices or an external device, wherein the plurality of devices comprise at least one of a server, a router, a switch, and a personal computer, and wherein the heat radiating component comprises at least one of an Integrated Circuit (IC), a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a network controller, a video controller, a hard disk, a storage controller, and a hot power supply circuitry component. |