JP2002034273A - Generating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a very epoch-making generating apparatus capable of generating electricity (current) with very high precision and at low cost. SOLUTION: Electrodes 10, 11 are put between electric insulators 3, 4, and an n-type semiconductor 5 and a p-type semiconductor 6 are put between the electrodes 10, 11. A cold-water part 7 for supplying cold water from a cold-water supply part 1 is provided in one electric insulator 3. A hot-water part 8 for supplying spring water from a hot-water supplying part 2 is provided in the other electric insulator 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a power generator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years,
As more and more people are shouting about energy issues, for example, power generators that generate electricity using water, wind, sunlight, etc. are being actively developed, and new power generators that can generate electricity using natural energy The development of is desired.

[0003] In view of the above points, the present invention has made various experimental studies, and as a result, has developed an extremely epoch-making power generator which is very practical.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0005] Electrodes 10 and 11 are provided between the electric insulators 3 and 4, and an N-type semiconductor 5 and a P-type semiconductor 6 are provided between the electrodes 10 and 11. A cold water section 7 to which cold water is supplied from the cold water supply section 1 is provided, and a hot water section 8 to which hot spring water is supplied from the hot spring water supply section 2 is provided on the other electric insulator 4. It relates to a power generator.

Further, electrode bodies 10 and 11 are provided between the silicon rubber sheets 3 and 4, an N-type semiconductor 5 and a P-type semiconductor 6 are provided between the electrode bodies 10 and 11, and one silicon rubber sheet 3 is provided. Is provided with a cold water section 7 to which cold water is supplied from the cold water supply section 1, and the other silicone rubber sheet 4 is provided with a hot water section 8 to which hot water is supplied from the hot water supply section 2. It relates to a power generator.

[0007] Further, in the power generator according to claim 2,
The present invention relates to a power generating device, wherein hot water is used as the hot water.

[0008]

According to the present invention, electrode bodies 10 and 11 are provided between electrical insulators 3 and 4, and N
A cold semiconductor section 7 to which cold water is supplied from a cold water supply section 1 is provided on one electrical insulator 3.
Is provided on the other electric insulator 4, a hot water section 8 to which hot spring water is supplied from the hot spring water supply section 2 is provided. Cold water is supplied to the cold water section 7, and hot water is supplied to the hot water section 8. When supplied, a current is generated in the electrode body 11 by the Seebeck effect.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the thermal energy of hot spring water, which is natural energy, is exchanged for electric energy to generate power, and thus to generate electricity (current) very efficiently and at low cost. It is an extremely revolutionary power generation device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the same operation and effect as those of the first aspect are exhibited, and the silicon rubber sheets are used as the electric insulators 3 and 4. , 4 connected via electrode body 1
0, 11 and the cold water portion 7 and the hot water portion 8 have good adhesion, that is, the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4
Since it comes into contact with the unevenness of the surface of each of the cold water section 7 and the hot water section 8 in a flexible manner, a larger contact area can be obtained and the heat transfer efficiency can be improved. This is a revolutionary power generator.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an extremely innovative power generation device capable of generating a current very efficiently and at low cost. Become.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings illustrate one embodiment of the present invention and are described below.

In this embodiment, an electrode body is provided between electrical insulators 3 and 4.
N-type semiconductors 5 and P-type semiconductors 6 are provided between the electrode bodies 10 and 11, and a cold water section 7 to which cold water is supplied from the cold water supply section 1 is provided on one of the electric insulators 3. And a unit 9 provided with a hot water section 8 to which hot spring water is supplied from the hot spring water supply section 2 is arranged in parallel with the other electric insulator 4, and generates a current by the Seebeck effect. .

Here, the Seebeck effect means that when two kinds of conductors are connected as shown in FIG. 5 and a temperature difference is created by heating the connection point C and cooling the point D, the connection point shows the direction of the arrow ( (Or the opposite direction), and when a portion of the conductor a is cut, a voltage V is generated at the J and K portions.

In this embodiment, an electric current is generated on the hot water side by utilizing the Seebeck effect.

Hereinafter, each component of the unit 9 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

The chilled water supply section 1 is composed of a chilled water supply pipe 12 having a valve 12a as shown in FIG. 1, and a base end of the chilled water supply pipe 12 is connected to a water supply as a water source (not shown). The distal end is connected to the cold water section 7.
The cold water supplied from the cold water supply unit 1 may be, for example, river water or snowmelt, as appropriate, in addition to tap water.

The hot spring supply section 2 is composed of a hot spring water supply pipe 13 with a valve 13a as shown in FIG.
The base end of the hot water supply pipe 13 is connected to a hot spring source (not shown), and the front end is connected to the hot water section 8.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cold water section 7 is a case body 7 formed of a member excellent in corrosion resistance (for example, vinyl chloride). The case 7 is provided with an inlet pipe 7a for projecting cold water into the case body 7, and water passing through the case body 7 is led out of the case body 7 from the outlet pipe 7b. I have.

The cold water section 7 has an opening 7c on its upper surface.
Are formed. This is because when the case body 7 is connected to the electrode body 10 via the silicon rubber sheet as the electrical insulator 3, the cold water introduced into the case body 7 is directly applied to the silicon rubber sheet having excellent heat conductivity. This is a configuration for efficiently obtaining an effect of cooling the electrode body 10 by touching.

In FIG. 3, an opening 7 is provided on the upper surface of the cold water section 7.
The type in which c is not formed is illustrated, and the cold water portion 7 is formed of a metal member having excellent corrosion resistance and heat conductivity.

The hot water section 8 is a case body 8 formed of a member excellent in corrosion resistance (for example, vinyl chloride) as shown in FIGS. An inlet pipe 8a, which is connected to the case 13 and introduces hot spring water into the case body 8, protrudes from the case body 8. The hot spring water passing through the case body 8 is drawn out of the case body 8 from the outlet pipe 8b. It is configured.

The hot water section 8 has an opening 8c on the lower surface thereof.
Are formed. This is because when the case body 8 is connected to the electrode body 11 via the silicon rubber sheet as the electric insulator 4, the hot spring water introduced into the case body 8 is converted into a silicon rubber sheet having excellent heat conductivity. This is a configuration for obtaining an effect of efficiently transmitting heat to the electrode body 11 by direct contact. FIG. 3 shows a type in which the opening 8c is not formed on the upper surface of the hot water section 8, and the cold water section 8 is made of a metal member having appropriate corrosion resistance and heat conductivity.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the N-type semiconductor 5 and the P-type semiconductor 6 provided between the silicon rubber sheets 3 and 4 are provided on one electrode body 10 and 11 respectively.
A mold semiconductor 6 is provided, and a current is extracted from the electrode body 11 (reference numerals 15 and 16 are electric cords).

In this embodiment, the lower surface of the electrode body 10 provided on the cold water section 7 side and the upper surface of the electrode body 11 provided on the hot water section 8 side are roughened. This is because when the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4 are attached, the contact area is widened by the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4 flexibly responding to irregularities on the surface (rough surface) as shown in FIG. This is a configuration for obtaining an efficient heat transfer effect.

A cover 17 covers a gap between the cold water section 7 and the hot water section 8, and the gap is evacuated from a vent hole 17a provided in the cover body 17 by a vacuum pump (not shown).
It is set in a vacuum space. Therefore, the contact between the electrode bodies 10 and 11 and the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4 and the contact between the cold water portion 7 and the hot water portion 8 and the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4 become close,
An even better heat transfer effect can be obtained, and an environment in which corrosion (rust) of the semiconductor is prevented can be obtained. The extraction of an appropriate current is performed.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a packing.

In the present embodiment having the above configuration, in an actual use situation, a plurality of electrodes are arranged in parallel as shown in FIG. 1, and the cold water and hot water are passed through the cold water section 7 and the hot water section 8, respectively. A DC current is generated at 11, and this DC current is converted by the AC converter 19 as an AC current.

Since the present embodiment is constructed as described above, when cold water is supplied to the cold water section 7 and hot spring water is supplied to the hot water section 8, a current is generated in the electrode body 11 by the Seebeck effect.

Thus, according to the present embodiment, the thermal energy of hot spring water, which is natural energy, is exchanged for electric energy to generate electric power, and thus to generate electricity (DC current) very efficiently and at low cost. Further, by converting this current from DC to AC by the AC converter 19, it is possible to use the current in various situations.

In this embodiment, since the silicon rubber sheets are used as the electric insulators 3 and 4, the electrode bodies 10 and 11 which are connected through the silicon rubber sheets 3 and 4 and the cold water section 7 and the hot water Adhesion with the portion 8 is improved, that is, the silicone rubber sheets 3 and 4 come into contact with the unevenness of the surfaces of the electrode bodies 10 and 11, the cold water portion 7 and the hot water portion 8 in a flexible manner. Even better current is generated, for example, a large area is obtained and the heat transfer efficiency is improved.

The use of hydrogen can be achieved by connecting an electrolysis tank (hydrogen generator) 20 to this embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory sectional view of a main part according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory sectional view of a main part according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a Seebeck effect.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cold water supply part 2 Hot spring water supply part / hot water supply part 3 Electric insulator 4 Electric insulator 5 N-type semiconductor 6 P-type semiconductor 7 Cold water part 8 Hot water part 10 Electrode body 11 Electrode body

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electrode body is provided between electrical insulators, an N-type semiconductor and a P-type semiconductor are provided between the electrode bodies, and one of the electrical insulators is supplied with cold water from a cold water supply unit. A power generator, wherein a hot water section to which hot spring water is supplied from a hot spring water supply section is provided on the other electrical insulator. 2. An electrode body is provided between silicon rubber sheets, an N-type semiconductor and a P-type semiconductor are provided between the electrode bodies, and one of the silicon rubber sheets is supplied with cold water from a cold water supply unit. A power supply unit provided with a hot water supply section from the hot water supply section on the other silicon rubber sheet. 3. The power generator according to claim 2, wherein hot water is used as the hot water.