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US 2009/0014059 A1Published application
Thermophotovoltaic electrical generation systems
OwnerRakesh Radhakrishnan, Craig R. Walker +2inventors
InventorsRakesh Radhakrishnan, Craig R. Walker, James R. Strife, James R. Irish
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Abstract
A thermophotovoltaic electricity generating system having a heat source generating a thermal emission having a plurality of wavelengths. There is an optical filter filtering the thermal emission into a filtered emission. There is also a thermophotovoltaic device receiving the filtered emission. The thermophotovoltaic device is configured to absorb the thermal emission converting the thermal emission into electricity.
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A thermophotovoltaic electricity generating system, comprising:
- a heat source generating a thermal emission having a plurality of wavelengths;
- an optical filter filtering the thermal emission into a filtered emission;
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- a thermophotovoltaic device receiving the filtered emission, the thermovoltaic device being configured to absorb the thermal emission converting the thermal emission into electricity.
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A method for generating electricity, comprising:
- filtering a thermal emission to generate a filtered emission;
- directing the filtered emission to a thermophotovoltaic device;
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- operating the thermophotovoltaic device so that the filtered emission is converted into electricity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.