An underwater energy harvesting drone has a primary hull to be submersibly received in ocean water and a plurality of thermoelectric modules, each module of said plurality of thermoelectric modules having a first operational interface in thermal contact with the primary hull. A thermal transfer element is in contact with a second operational interface on the plurality of thermoelectric modules and an electrical power storage device is connected to the plurality of thermoelectric modules. Positioning of the submersible primary hull to create a thermal gradient between the primary hull and the thermal transfer element induces electrical power generation by the thermoelectric modules thereby charging the electrical power storage device.
UNDERWATER ENERGY HARVESTING DRONE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION
UNTERWASSER-ENERGIEGEWINNUNGSDROHNE UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB
DRONE DE RÉCOLTE D'ÉNERGIE SOUS-MARINE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT
2021-09-01
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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