A thermal energy harvester and power conversion system employs a bleed air duct containing the flow of high temperature air from an engine. A lower temperature air source is included with an energy conversion device having a hot interface operably engaged to the bleed air duct and a cold interface operably engaged to the lower temperature air source. The energy conversion device generates electrical power from a thermal gradient between the bleed air duct and the lower temperature air source and the electrical power is routed to a power feeder.
METHODS FOR RECOVERING WASTE ENERGY FROM BLEED AIR DUCTS
VERFAHREN ZUM RÜCKGEWINNEN VON VERLUSTENERGIE VON ZAPFLUFTLEITUNGEN
PROCÉDÉS DE RÉCUPÉRATION D'ÉNERGIE PERDUE DES TUYAUX DE PRÉLÈVEMENT D'AIR
2021-12-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Methods for recovering waste energy from bleed air ducts
European Patent Office | 2017
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