FR2412171A1 - Floating thermoelectric generator using solar heated thermocouples - used esp. for generating power to desalinate water for drinking - Google Patents

Floating thermoelectric generator using solar heated thermocouples - used esp. for generating power to desalinate water for drinking

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FR2412171A1
FR2412171A1 FR7737971A FR7737971A FR2412171A1 FR 2412171 A1 FR2412171 A1 FR 2412171A1 FR 7737971 A FR7737971 A FR 7737971A FR 7737971 A FR7737971 A FR 7737971A FR 2412171 A1 FR2412171 A1 FR 2412171A1
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SZITA IVAN
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/02—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating
    • C02F1/04—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating by distillation or evaporation
    • C02F1/14—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by heating by distillation or evaporation using solar energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
    • F24S20/70—Waterborne solar heat collector modules
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S30/00—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules
    • F24S30/40—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement
    • F24S30/45—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement with two rotation axes
    • F24S30/452—Vertical primary axis
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2103/00—Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated
    • C02F2103/08—Seawater, e.g. for desalination
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2201/00—Apparatus for treatment of water, waste water or sewage
    • C02F2201/008—Mobile apparatus and plants, e.g. mounted on a vehicle
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/124—Water desalination
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/124—Water desalination
    • Y02A20/138—Water desalination using renewable energy
    • Y02A20/142—Solar thermal; Photovoltaics
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/208—Off-grid powered water treatment
    • Y02A20/211—Solar-powered water purification
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/208—Off-grid powered water treatment
    • Y02A20/212—Solar-powered wastewater sewage treatment, e.g. spray evaporation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking

Abstract

The hot junctions and cold junctions respectively are connected in series and/or parallel to positive and negative output terminals. The hot junctions are now fixed in the hot zone of a solar radiation trap employing an optical collector. The cold junctions are sealed in electric insulation and submerged in the water of a river, lake, sea, etc. The generator is mounted on a support floating on the water. The optical collector is pref. adjustable by pivoting about a horizontal axis and by angular reorientation around a vertical axis. Drinking water can be produced by distillation or electrolytic desalination, either process employing electric power supplied by the generator. This is an inexpensive, reliable source of electricity. The generator actually floats on water which cools the cold junctions of the thermocouples and can be the water to be desalinated.
FR7737971A 1977-12-16 1977-12-16 Floating thermoelectric generator using solar heated thermocouples - used esp. for generating power to desalinate water for drinking Granted FR2412171A1 (en)

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FR2412171A1 true FR2412171A1 (en) 1979-07-13
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Cited By (7)

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DE3704559A1 (en) * 1987-02-13 1988-08-25 Martin Kuhles Method and module for the generation off solar power
DE19531752A1 (en) * 1995-08-29 1997-03-06 Bernklau Reiner Electric generators from thermal energy in region of water body
DE102008009477A1 (en) 2007-02-16 2008-08-21 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Solar-thermal, thermoelectric power generation device for building i.e. house, has solar cells attached on surface of absorber, and flow controller control unit formed so that ratio of electric current and thermal energy is controlled
FR2914638A1 (en) * 2007-04-06 2008-10-10 Xavier Laborie Floating device for distilling liquid e.g. seawater for the production of electricity, comprises a parabolic element whose inner surface reflects the solar radiation towards an immersed heat conducting tube
CN104528915A (en) * 2014-12-19 2015-04-22 江苏大学 Sewage quantity and temperature adjusting device based on solar heating and thermoelectric power generation
WO2015097646A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2015-07-02 United Arab Emirates University A system for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
RU2768909C2 (en) * 2020-05-28 2022-03-25 Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Юго-Западный государственный университет" (ЮЗГУ) Autonomous self-orienting solar desalter-electric generator

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DE408959C (en) * 1921-05-03 1925-01-27 Bohumil Jirotka Process for generating electrical energy

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DE408959C (en) * 1921-05-03 1925-01-27 Bohumil Jirotka Process for generating electrical energy

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3704559A1 (en) * 1987-02-13 1988-08-25 Martin Kuhles Method and module for the generation off solar power
DE19531752A1 (en) * 1995-08-29 1997-03-06 Bernklau Reiner Electric generators from thermal energy in region of water body
DE19531752C2 (en) * 1995-08-29 1998-02-05 Bernklau Reiner Device for generating electrical energy from thermal energy in the field of water
DE102008009477A1 (en) 2007-02-16 2008-08-21 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Solar-thermal, thermoelectric power generation device for building i.e. house, has solar cells attached on surface of absorber, and flow controller control unit formed so that ratio of electric current and thermal energy is controlled
FR2914638A1 (en) * 2007-04-06 2008-10-10 Xavier Laborie Floating device for distilling liquid e.g. seawater for the production of electricity, comprises a parabolic element whose inner surface reflects the solar radiation towards an immersed heat conducting tube
WO2015097646A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2015-07-02 United Arab Emirates University A system for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
CN104528915A (en) * 2014-12-19 2015-04-22 江苏大学 Sewage quantity and temperature adjusting device based on solar heating and thermoelectric power generation
RU2768909C2 (en) * 2020-05-28 2022-03-25 Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Юго-Западный государственный университет" (ЮЗГУ) Autonomous self-orienting solar desalter-electric generator

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