THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND MARINE VESSEL WITH THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric generator capable of efficiently recovering waste heat from an engine 25 for power generation as an electric energy in spite of a simple structure.SOLUTION: The thermoelectric generator 30 comprises: a pipeline 31 for flowing the exhaust gas; and a plurality of thermoelectric units 32 having plate-like thermoelectric modules 33 for generating power by temperature difference between a low temperature side and a high temperature side. The high temperature side of each of thermoelectric modules 33 is heated by the exhaust gas. The pipeline 31 is formed with a polygonal cross section. The thermoelectric unit groups 32 are attached to each of plane parts 41 of the pipeline 31.