| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric generator which can obtain a large heat collection effect when it is applied to a heat source such as a hot steel material and can obtain a large amount of power per thermoelectric element module, and a thermoelectric power generation method using the thermoelectric generator. <P>SOLUTION: The thermoelectric generator includes a heat receiving member 1 whose front face is opposed to a heat source and one or two or more thermoelectric element modules 2 joined to the rear of the heat receiving member 1 via a heat receiving surface 20. The heat receiving member 1 has an effective projection area [A1] which, with respect to a total heat receiving area [A2] of the heat receiving surface 20 of the thermoelectric element module 2, satisfies the relationship [A1]>[A2]. A thermoelectric power generation method uses this thermoelectric generator, and generates electric power from steel materials in a steel manufacturing process as its heat sources. Since a large heat collection effect is obtained by the heat receiving member 1, it is possible to obtain a large amount of power per thermoelectric element module 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
