| 摘要 |
Provided is a thermoelectric power generating apparatus that can generate power by thermoelectric conversion by efficiently utilizing a temperature difference produced in a thermal energy source. The apparatus 1 includes a high-temperature flow path 11, 12 through which a high-temperature heat transfer medium 2H flows, a low-temperature flow path 21, 22 through which a low-temperature heat transfer medium 2L flows, and a power generating layer 30-1, 30-2, 30-3 that generates power from a temperature difference. The high and low temperature flow paths 11, 12 and 21, 22, are each formed in a plurality of layers and alternately layered with each other with their centers in common. The power generating layer 30-1, 30-2, 30-3 is disposed between the high and low temperature flow paths 11, 12 and 21, 22 that are next to each other. Since the apparatus 1 generates power by thermoelectric conversion by multiple power generating layers 30-1, 30-2 and 30-3 sandwiched between the alternately disposed high and low temperature flow paths 11, 12 and 21, 22, thermoelectric conversion thermoelectric power generation can be performed by efficiently utilizing a temperature difference between the high and low temperature heat transfer media 2H and 2L. |
