An acoustic thermoelectric device [5Q.DEVICE, 5R.DEVICE] comprising:
- a multiplicity of elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices [5P.0] aggregated as a whole in a matrix;
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- a controller-dispatcher;
- wherein each of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices comprising:
- a thermoelectric element having two opposite sides:
- first and second, faced to two opposite directions away each from other, wherein the first side is supplied with a thermoconductive bus [5P.7A, 5P.7B] being thermally in contact with a first body, and the second side is supplied with a thermoconductive bus [5P.5A, 5P.5B] being thermally in contact with a second body, wherein:
- said first body is at least one of a first solid body, a first portion of ambient fluid, and a first portion of a boundary layer;
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- said second body is at least one of a second solid body, a second portion of the ambient fluid, and a second portion of a boundary layer;
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- an individual controller [5P.8A, 5P.8B] having an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit [5P.B1A, 5P.B10.A, 5P.8B, 5P.B10B] is supplied with at least one of:
- a controllably manipulatable source of electromotive force (emf) or generator [5P.B2A, 5P.B20A] of alternating electric current, wherein the alternating electric current is characterized by an alternation frequency being in a range of at least one of audible sound and ultrasound frequencies, to provide a capability of operating of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device as a fluid pusher-off in a mode of sound launching when:
- the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device is submerged in the ambient fluid such that the first side is thermally in contact with the first portion of the ambient fluid and the second side is thermally in contact with said second body, and
- the controllably manipulatable source of emf or generator generates the alternating electric current;
- thereby, the capability of operating of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device as the fluid pusher-off is provided by electric current changes originated by the controllably manipulatable source of emf or generator and, in turn, by arising temperature changes in the first portion of the ambient fluid due to the Peltier effect, wherein the arising temperature changes resulting in jet-effect motion of the first portion of the ambient fluid and;
- an electric circuit [5P.B10.A, 5P.B10B] capable of detecting an induced alternating electric current to provide a capability of operating of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device as a fluid motion-sensor in a mode of sound detection when:
- the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device is submerged in the ambient fluid such that the first side is thermally in contact with the first portion of the ambient fluid and the second side is thermally in contact with the second body, and
- the first side of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device is exposed to an impacting acoustic wave propagating in the ambient fluid wherein the impacting acoustic wave is characterized by an amplitude interrelated with an amplitude of changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid and by a frequency being in a range of at least one of audible sound and ultrasound frequencies;
- thereby, the capability of operating of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device as the fluid motion-sensor is provided by temperature changes originated by a motion of the first portion of the ambient fluid and, in turn, origination of electric current in the electric circuit due to the Seebeck effect;
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- an individual sensor-controller capable of both:
- detecting an induced alternating electric current due to sudden changes in temperature of the first side being thermally in contact with the first portion of the boundary layer;
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- controlling by the manipulatable source of emf;
- to provide a capability of operating in a mode of boundary layer control, when:
- the first side is thermally in contact with the first portion of the boundary layer and the second side is thermally in contact with the second body, and
- a headway velocity of the boundary layer is either low-subsonic, or high-subsonic, or transonic, or supersonic, or hypersonic;
- thereby, allowing for forced establishing of the temperature of the first side providing for compensation of temperature changes within the first portion of the boundary layer;
- thereby, each of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices, providing for specific functionality of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric device, said specific functionality is specified as follows:
- when operating in the mode of sound launching:
- an electromagnetic wave is radiated in the ambient fluid due to the alternating electric current, wherein said electromagnetic wave is characterized by the alternation frequency;
- a difference between temperatures of the two opposite sides:
- first and second, of the thermoelectric element becomes alternating due to the Peltier effect;
- alternating changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid become created;
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- the alternating changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid, in turn, originate an acoustic wave propagating in the ambient fluid, said originated acoustic wave is characterized by a frequency, phase, amplitude, and net-efficiency of power consumption, all specified as follows:
- the acoustic wave frequency is equal to the alternation frequency,
- the acoustic wave phase is determined by a phase of the alternating changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid,
- the acoustic wave amplitude is determined by an amplitude of the alternating changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid, and
- the net-efficiency of power consumption is determined by a quality of the thermoelectric element,
- when operating in the mode of sound detection:
- the first portion of the ambient fluid is subjected to alternating changes in thermodynamic parameters:
- the static pressure, mass density, and absolute temperature;
- alternating changes in temperature of the first portion of the ambient fluid become created;
- the alternating temperature difference between the two opposite sides:
- first and second, generates the induced alternating electric current in the integrated circuit due to the Seebeck effect, wherein the induced alternating electric current is characterized by an alternation frequency equal to the frequency of the impacting acoustic wave;
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- the induced alternating electric current in the integrated circuit causes radiation of an electromagnetic wave propagating in the ambient fluid, wherein the electromagnetic wave is characterized by the alternation frequency.
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- when operating in the mode of boundary layer control:
- the first portion of the boundary layer,
- when characterized by sudden originated changes in thermodynamic parameters:
- the static pressure, mass density, and absolute temperature, wherein the sudden originated changes in the thermodynamic parameters determine originated acoustic waves;
- said acoustic waves are at least one of audible waves, ultrasound waves, shock waves, and Mach waves,
- is subjected to laminarization of motion by suppression of the sudden originated changes in the thermodynamic parameters and, thereby, by suppression of the acoustic waves;
- wherein the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices are arranged at least one of:
- in alignment with a surface each near other, and
- by multilayer cascading one after another,
- thereby, providing for at least one of together-frontal in unison and multi-stage repeated action of at least one of:
- the Peltier effect to provide for:
- alternating changes in temperature of a multiplicity of portions of the ambient fluid;
- launching a multiplicity of said acoustic waves to form an acoustic beam composed of the acoustic waves;
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- radiating a multiplicity of said electromagnetic waves to form an electromagnetic signal composed of the electromagnetic waves,
- when the specific functionality of the acoustic thermoelectric device is as a functionality of an enhanced source of sound composed of motionless components and so allowing for generating an acoustic wave with reduced concomitant turbulence, thereby, providing for increasing net-efficiency of the enhanced source of sound, and
- the Seebeck effect to provide for a manifestation of detection of the impacting acoustic wave as follows:
- alternating heating and cooling of the first sides of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices,
- originating the induced alternating electric current in the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices due to the Seebeck effect,
- alternating heating and cooling of the second sides of the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices due to the Peltier effect;
- alternating heating and cooling of the second portion of the ambient fluid;
- launching a secondary acoustic wave from the second side;
- the secondary acoustic wave characterized by the alternation frequency and phase, wherein the phase at the second side differing from the phase of the impacting acoustic wave at the first side on 180°;
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- radiating an electromagnetic signal originated due to the induced alternating electric current in the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices;
- when the specific functionality of the acoustic thermoelectric device is as a functionality of at least one of.
- an enhanced detector of sound composed of motionless integrated circuit components allowing for mutual compensation of said secondary acoustic wave and a portion of the impacting acoustic wave passed through the acoustic thermoelectric device and penetrated into the second portion of the ambient fluid, thereby, providing for increasing net-efficiency of the enhanced detector of sound, and
- a phase inverter composed of motionless integrated circuit components allowing for amplifying the induced alternating electric current such that said secondary acoustic wave is more powerful than a portion of the impacting acoustic wave passed through the acoustic thermoelectric device and penetrated into the second portion of the ambient fluid, thereby, providing dominance of said secondary acoustic wave over the portion of the impacting acoustic wave passed through the acoustic thermoelectric device and penetrated into the second portion of the ambient fluid;
- and wherein the controller-dispatcher being capable of controlling amplitudes, phase, delays, and frequencies of alternating electric currents generated in the elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices due to at least one of:
- functioning of the controllable generators, and
- the Seebeck effect;
- thereby allowing for the multiplicity of elemental acoustic thermoelectric devices to operate as a phased array.