An apparatus includes a thermoelectric (TE) device (82), a gas flow conduit (80) proximate to one side of the thermoelectric device, a plurality of flexible tubes (84) proximate to a second side of the thermoelectric device, and a spring (86) to control contact force between the flexible tubes and the thermoelectric device. The spring comprises a coil spring at least partially circumscribing the gas flow conduit. The thermoelectric device converts a temperature differential between the flexible tubes and the gas flow conduit into electrical energy.
Fuel-cooled flexible heat exchanger with thermoelectric device compression
Kraftstoffgekühlter, flexibler Wärmetauscher mit thermoelektrischer Vorrichtungskompression
Échangeur de chaleur flexible refroidi par carburant doté d'une compression thermo-électrique
2017-12-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
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IPC: | F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES / F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / H10N |
Fuel-cooled heat exchanger with thermoelectric device compression
European Patent Office | 2018
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