• 专利标题:   Thermoelectric power generation system manufacturing method for e.g. mission-critical space application, involves constructing cells with large length to narrow thickness ratio, and supplying energy incident on cells by combustion of natural gas.
  • 专利号:   US2021305479-A1
  • 发明人:   ZUCKERMAN M M
  • 专利权人:   ZUCKERMAN M M
  • 国际专利分类:   H01L035/22, H01L035/32
  • 专利详细信息:   US2021305479-A1 30 Sep 2021 H01L-035/22 202187 English
  • 申请详细信息:   US2021305479-A1 US602407 30 Sep 2019
  • 优先权号:   US602407

▎ 摘  要

NOVELTY - The method involves: constructing cells with large length to narrow thickness ratios, e.g. approaching a 3000:1 aspect ratio; supplying the energy incident on the cells by a combustion of natural gas equal to the Earth's opacity spectrum that is filtered out and not available to terrestrial solar cells; using the hexagonal crystalline silicon carbide semiconductor materials as emitters of a spectrum of energy to create a 1:1 spectral matching as the energy is in turn incident on silicon carbide; and forming the conductive surfaces on the anode hot surface and the cathode cold surface of the silicon carbide material cells by sublimation of the silicon to form the hexagonal crystalline carbon, graphene with superconductive conductivity at room temperature at a chirality of 30degrees, to connect multiple devices in series and in parallel cells that are in turn connected to a terminal to form a power supply. USE - The method is useful for converting thermal energy to electrical energy which is used in mission-critical space applications, terrestrial applications for capturing energy in currently flared-off natural gas, and generating stand-by power from natural and propane gas. ADVANTAGE - The device converts stranded natural gas, currently wasted by the environmental damaging practice of flaring off, into useful electricity, potentially for transport over low cost infrastructure of transmission lines rather than, e.g. potential high cost pipelines. The device provides households with standby power during natural disasters by efficiently converting available natural or propane gas rather relying on bulky generators with single-digit efficiency. The losses of energy are reduced by using hexagonal crystalline silicon carbide semiconductor materials as the emitter of a spectrum of energy, to create a 1:1 spectral matching as the energy that is in turn incident on the cell for direct conversion to electrical energy. Employing, best engineering techniques (BET) for utilizing the thermal electric effects, e.g. by providing heavy doped cells, constructed from the subset of silicon carbide crystalline poly-types.