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- JPH0152997B2 JPH0152997B2 JP58088821A JP8882183A JPH0152997B2 JP H0152997 B2 JPH0152997 B2 JP H0152997B2 JP 58088821 A JP58088821 A JP 58088821A JP 8882183 A JP8882183 A JP 8882183A JP H0152997 B2 JPH0152997 B2 JP H0152997B2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
- H10N10/10—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects
- H10N10/13—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
- F25B9/02—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using Joule-Thompson effect; using vortex effect
- F25B9/04—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using Joule-Thompson effect; using vortex effect using vortex effect
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
本発明は圧縮空気の熱を利用して発電する熱電
発電装置に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a thermoelectric power generation device that generates electricity using the heat of compressed air.
従来より、ゼーベツク効果を利用した熱電発電
が知られており、その一つとして、特開昭52−
72020号公報に開示の熱電発電装置がある。この
発電装置はエンジン等の排気熱を利用したもので
あり、以下第１図に基づいて説明する。 Thermoelectric power generation using the Seebeck effect has been known for a long time, and one example of this is the
There is a thermoelectric power generation device disclosed in Publication No. 72020. This power generation device utilizes exhaust heat from an engine, etc., and will be explained below based on FIG. 1.
発電装置３１は、エンジン、燃焼炉等の排気筒
３２を有し、排気筒３２の吐出口３３の近傍の外
周面には、外周面に冷却フイン３４を固着した熱
電発電素子３５を固着し、内周面には吸熱フイン
３６を固着する。排気筒３２の外周に空間部３７
を介して同軸的に排気筒３２の吐出口３３より下
流域部分まで伸延された外筒３８を設ける。 The power generation device 31 has an exhaust stack 32 of an engine, a combustion furnace, etc., and a thermoelectric power generating element 35 having cooling fins 34 fixed to the outer circumferential surface is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the exhaust pipe 32 near the discharge port 33. A heat absorbing fin 36 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface. A space 37 is provided on the outer periphery of the exhaust pipe 32.
An outer cylinder 38 is provided which extends coaxially from the discharge port 33 of the exhaust pipe 32 to a downstream region via the exhaust pipe 32.
エンジン等から排出された燃焼済の高温ガスは
排気筒３２内を流下し、吸熱フイン３６により効
率良く熱電発電素子の内側面を加熱する。一方こ
のガスは排気筒３２を出ると外筒３８内に入り、
ここに於いてベンチユリ効果により外筒３８と排
気筒３２の間の空間部３７に外気を誘引し、冷却
フイン３４により効率良く熱電発電素子３５の外
側面を冷却する。従つて、熱電発電素子３５の一
面を高温ガスにより加熱し、他面を外気により冷
却するので、この素子３５に温度差が生じ発電す
る。 Burnt high-temperature gas discharged from the engine or the like flows down inside the exhaust pipe 32 and efficiently heats the inner surface of the thermoelectric generation element by the heat absorption fins 36. On the other hand, when this gas exits the exhaust pipe 32, it enters the outer cylinder 38,
At this point, outside air is drawn into the space 37 between the outer cylinder 38 and the exhaust pipe 32 due to the bench lily effect, and the outer surface of the thermoelectric generating element 35 is efficiently cooled by the cooling fins 34. Therefore, one side of the thermoelectric power generating element 35 is heated by the high temperature gas and the other side is cooled by the outside air, so that a temperature difference is created in the element 35 to generate electricity.
しかしながら、熱電発電に於いては熱電発電素
子の効率を大きくする為に高温側と低温側の温度
差をできるだけ大きくする必要がある。 However, in thermoelectric power generation, in order to increase the efficiency of the thermoelectric power generation element, it is necessary to make the temperature difference between the high temperature side and the low temperature side as large as possible.
上記開示の装置では、温度差は最大で高温ガス
温度マイナス外気温度であり、温度差をより大き
くする為には、外気より低温の流体等の冷却手段
を必要とする。 In the device disclosed above, the maximum temperature difference is the high temperature gas temperature minus the outside air temperature, and in order to increase the temperature difference, a cooling means such as a fluid having a lower temperature than the outside air is required.
本発明の技術的課題は、常温の気体を加熱、冷
却手段として用い、一種の流体で温度差を大きく
できる熱電発電装置を得ることである。 The technical problem of the present invention is to obtain a thermoelectric power generation device that uses room temperature gas as a heating and cooling means and can increase the temperature difference with a type of fluid.
本発明の解決手段は次の通りである。 The solution of the present invention is as follows.
渦管の一端に隔壁板部材を介して低温空気接続
口を有する低温空気取出部材を取り付け、渦管の
他端に形成した高温空気接続口に高温空気取出部
材を取り付け、隔壁板部材の中央に低温空気取出
口を、高温空気取出部材の周辺に高温空気取出口
を開け、低温空気取出部材に隔壁板部材の外周壁
との間に形成される環状空間に開口する圧縮空気
の導入口を開け、環状空間の圧縮空気を渦管の内
壁の接線方向に噴射する溝を隔壁板部材に形成し
たものとから成る渦流管と、絶縁板を介して冷却
容器と加熱容器を取り付けた熱電発電素子と、低
温空気接続口と冷却容器を連結する低温空気通路
と、高温空気接続口と加熱容器を連結する高温空
気通路とから構成する。 A low temperature air extraction member having a low temperature air connection port is attached to one end of the vortex tube through a partition plate member, a high temperature air extraction member is attached to a high temperature air connection port formed at the other end of the vortex tube, and a high temperature air extraction member is attached to the high temperature air connection port formed at the other end of the vortex tube. A high-temperature air intake port is opened around the high-temperature air take-off member, and a compressed air inlet is opened in the low-temperature air take-off member into an annular space formed between the outer circumferential wall of the partition plate member. , a vortex tube consisting of a partition plate member with grooves for injecting compressed air in an annular space in a tangential direction of the inner wall of the vortex tube; and a thermoelectric power generation element having a cooling container and a heating container attached via an insulating plate. , a low-temperature air passage connecting the low-temperature air connection port and the cooling container, and a high-temperature air passage connecting the high-temperature air connection port and the heating container.
圧縮空気の導入口から環状空間に導入された圧
縮空気は溝から渦管の内壁の接線方向に噴射さ
れ、渦管内を旋回する。高エネルギーの熱い空気
分子は渦管内の周辺に集まり、低エネルギーの冷
たい空気分子は渦管内の中央部に集まり２層に別
れる。周辺の高温空気は高温空気取出口から高温
空気通路を通つて加熱容器内に導入され、熱電発
電素子の一方の面を加熱する。中央の低温空気は
低温空気取出口から低温空気通路を通つて冷却容
器内に導入され、熱電発電素子の他方の面を冷却
する。熱電発電素子は一面を加熱され、他面を冷
却されるので、温度差が生じて発電する。 The compressed air introduced into the annular space from the compressed air inlet is injected from the groove in the tangential direction of the inner wall of the vortex tube, and swirls within the vortex tube. High-energy hot air molecules gather at the periphery of the vortex tube, while low-energy cold air molecules gather at the center of the vortex tube and separate into two layers. The surrounding high-temperature air is introduced into the heating container from the high-temperature air outlet through the high-temperature air passage, and heats one side of the thermoelectric generating element. The central low-temperature air is introduced into the cooling container from the low-temperature air outlet through the low-temperature air passage, and cools the other side of the thermoelectric generating element. Since one side of the thermoelectric power generating element is heated and the other side is cooled, a temperature difference occurs and power is generated.
常温の圧縮空気を高温空気と低温空気に分離
し、加熱、冷却手段として用いているので、温度
差の大きな熱電発電装置を得ることができる。 Since compressed air at room temperature is separated into high-temperature air and low-temperature air and used as heating and cooling means, a thermoelectric power generation device with a large temperature difference can be obtained.
第２，３図に示す熱電発電装置の実施例を説明
する。熱電発電素子１はＰ型及びＮ型の半導体
２，２′の一対を最小単位として、多数個、低温
接合板３及び高温接合板４により電気的に接続
し、接合板３，４に電気絶縁板５，５′を取り付
けたものである。この熱電発電素子１の絶縁板５
に冷却室６を形成する冷却容器７を固着し、絶縁
板５′に加熱室８を形成する加熱容器９を固着す
る。冷却容器７は入口１０、出口１１を有し、加
熱容器９は入口１２、出口１３を有する。渦流管
１４は渦管１５の一端に隔壁板部材１６を介して
低温空気取出部材１７を取り付け、他端に高温空
気取出部材１８を取り付けたものである。低温空
気取出部材１７は圧縮空気の導入口１９を有し、
導入口１９は低温空気取出部材１７内周壁と隔壁
板部材１６の外周壁との間に形成した環状空間２
０に開口する。隔壁板部材１６は中央に低温空気
取出口２１を有し、低温空気取出部材１７の接続
口２２と渦管１６内とを連通する。また隔壁板部
材１６は渦管１５に当接する端面に複数の溝２３
を有し、溝２３は環状空間２０から渦管１５内壁
の接線方向に開口する噴射通路を形成する。高温
空気取出部材１８と渦管１５の間に通路２４を形
成し、高温空気取出口２５を通して接続口２６と
渦管１５内とを連通する。渦流管１４の接続口２
２を低温空気通路２７を通して冷却容器７の冷却
室６内に連通し、接続口２６を高温空気通路２８
を通して加熱容器９の加熱室８内に連通する。 An embodiment of the thermoelectric power generation device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described. The thermoelectric power generating element 1 consists of a plurality of P-type and N-type semiconductors 2, 2' as the minimum unit, electrically connected by a low-temperature bonding plate 3 and a high-temperature bonding plate 4, and electrically insulated by the bonding plates 3, 4. This is what plates 5 and 5' are attached to. Insulating plate 5 of this thermoelectric power generation element 1
A cooling container 7 forming a cooling chamber 6 is fixed to the insulating plate 5', and a heating container 9 forming a heating chamber 8 is fixed to the insulating plate 5'. The cooling container 7 has an inlet 10 and an outlet 11, and the heating container 9 has an inlet 12 and an outlet 13. The vortex tube 14 has a low temperature air extraction member 17 attached to one end of the vortex tube 15 via a partition plate member 16, and a high temperature air extraction member 18 attached to the other end. The low temperature air extraction member 17 has a compressed air inlet 19,
The inlet 19 is an annular space 2 formed between the inner peripheral wall of the low temperature air extraction member 17 and the outer peripheral wall of the partition plate member 16.
Opens at 0. The partition plate member 16 has a low-temperature air outlet 21 in the center, which communicates the connection port 22 of the low-temperature air outlet member 17 with the inside of the vortex tube 16 . Further, the partition wall plate member 16 has a plurality of grooves 23 on the end surface that comes into contact with the vortex tube 15.
The groove 23 forms an injection passage that opens from the annular space 20 in a tangential direction to the inner wall of the vortex tube 15 . A passage 24 is formed between the high temperature air extraction member 18 and the vortex tube 15, and the connection port 26 and the inside of the vortex tube 15 are communicated through the high temperature air extraction port 25. Connection port 2 of vortex tube 14
2 is connected to the cooling chamber 6 of the cooling container 7 through the low temperature air passage 27, and the connection port 26 is connected to the high temperature air passage 28.
It communicates with the heating chamber 8 of the heating container 9 through the opening.
圧縮空気を導入口１９から渦流管１４内に噴射
させると、渦管１５内には渦流が生じる。低温空
気は低温空気取出口２１から低温空気通路２７を
通つて冷却容器７内に集められ、高温空気は高温
空気取出口２５から高温空気通路２８を通つて加
熱容器９内に集められる。この低温空気と高温空
気により熱電発電素子が冷却加熱され、素子１の
両端面に温度差を形成し、発電する。 When compressed air is injected into the vortex tube 14 from the inlet 19, a vortex is generated in the vortex tube 15. Low-temperature air is collected into the cooling container 7 from the low-temperature air outlet 21 through the low-temperature air passage 27, and hot air is collected into the heating vessel 9 through the high-temperature air outlet 25 through the high-temperature air passage 28. The thermoelectric power generation element is cooled and heated by the low-temperature air and high-temperature air, creating a temperature difference between both end faces of the element 1, and generating electricity.
本発明は次の様な特有の効果を奏する。圧縮空
気は動力源として古くから工場等で使用されてお
り、常温の圧縮空気を渦流管で高温空気と低温空
気に分離することにより、圧縮空気を使用してい
る所であれば簡単に電力を得ることができる。常
温の圧縮空気を渦流管により高温空気と低温空気
に分離するので、従来の如く高温気体と外気との
温度差による発電に於いて温度差を大きくする為
に吸熱器や放熱器等を使用しなくても大きな温度
差を得ることができる。 The present invention has the following unique effects. Compressed air has been used as a power source in factories for a long time, and by separating room-temperature compressed air into high-temperature air and low-temperature air using a vortex tube, it is easy to generate electricity in any place that uses compressed air. Obtainable. Compressed air at room temperature is separated into high-temperature air and low-temperature air using a vortex tube, so unlike conventional power generation using the temperature difference between high-temperature gas and outside air, heat absorbers and radiators are used to increase the temperature difference. A large temperature difference can be obtained even without it.
第１図は従来の熱電発電装置を示す断面図であ
り、第２図は本発明の熱電発電装置の一実施例を
示す断面図であり、第３図は第２図のＡ−Ａ線断
面図である。
１……熱電発電素子、６……冷却室、８……加
熱室、１４……渦流管、１９……噴射口、２１…
…低温空気取出口、２５……高温空気取出口、２
７……低温空気通路、２８……高温空気通路。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional thermoelectric generator, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the thermoelectric generator of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. It is a diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Thermoelectric power generation element, 6... Cooling chamber, 8... Heating chamber, 14... Eddy current tube, 19... Injection port, 21...
...Low temperature air outlet, 25...High temperature air outlet, 2
7... Low temperature air passage, 28... High temperature air passage.
Claims (1)
温空気接続口２２を有する低温空気取出部材１７
を取り付け、渦管１５の他端に形成した高温空気
接続口２６に高温空気取出部材１８を取り付け、
隔壁板部材１６の中央に低温空気取出口２１を、
高温空気取出部材１８の周辺に高温空気取出口２
５を開け、低温空気取出部材１７に隔壁板部材１
６の外周壁との間に形成される環状空間２０に開
口する圧縮空気の導入口１９を開け、環状空間２
０の圧縮空気を渦管１５の内壁の接線方向に噴射
する溝２３を隔壁板部材１６に形成したものとか
ら成る渦流管１４と、絶縁板５，５′を介して冷
却容器７と加熱容器９を取り付けた熱電発電素子
１と、低温空気接続口２２と冷却容器７を連結す
る低温空気通路２７と、高温空気接続口２６と加
熱容器９を連結する高温空気通路２８とから成る
圧縮空気による熱電発電装置。1. A low temperature air extraction member 17 having a low temperature air connection port 22 at one end of the vortex tube 15 via the partition wall plate member 16.
, and a high-temperature air extraction member 18 is attached to the high-temperature air connection port 26 formed at the other end of the vortex tube 15.
A low temperature air outlet 21 is provided in the center of the partition plate member 16,
A high temperature air outlet 2 is provided around the high temperature air outlet member 18.
5, and attach the bulkhead plate member 1 to the low temperature air extraction member 17.
The compressed air inlet 19 is opened to the annular space 20 formed between the outer peripheral wall of the annular space 2 and the annular space 2.
A vortex tube 14 is formed by forming a groove 23 in a partition plate member 16 for injecting zero compressed air in the tangential direction of the inner wall of the vortex tube 15, and a cooling container 7 and a heating container are connected to each other via insulating plates 5 and 5'. 9, a low-temperature air passage 27 that connects the low-temperature air connection port 22 and the cooling container 7, and a high-temperature air path 28 that connects the high-temperature air connection port 26 and the heating container 9. Thermoelectric generator.
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|---|---|---|---|
| JP58088821A JPS59216480A (en) | 1983-05-19 | 1983-05-19 | Thermoelectric generator with compressed air |
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|---|---|---|---|
| JP58088821A JPS59216480A (en) | 1983-05-19 | 1983-05-19 | Thermoelectric generator with compressed air |
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| JPH0152997B2 true JPH0152997B2 (en) | 1989-11-10 |
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