Thermoelectric module array and power generation system including same
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Sam YOO, Jong Hyun KIM, Yong Sang CHO
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Abstract
A thermoelectric module array according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first thermoelectric module; and a second thermoelectric module disposed adjacent to the first thermoelectric module along a first direction, wherein each of the first thermoelectric module and the second thermoelectric module includes a heat sink and a connector, the heat sink includes a groove formed to extend in the first direction so as to allow a first fluid to flow in the first direction, and a first connector of the first thermoelectric module and a second connector of the second thermoelectric module are disposed along the first direction.
Claims15
A thermoelectric module array comprising:
- a first thermoelectric module;
- and
- a second thermoelectric module disposed adjacent to the first thermoelectric module in a first direction,
- wherein each of the first thermoelectric module and the second thermoelectric module includes a heat sink and a connector,
- the heat sink includes a groove formed to extend in the first direction so that a first fluid flows in the first direction, and
- a first connector of the first thermoelectric module and a second connector of the second thermoelectric module are disposed adjacently in the first direction.
A thermoelectric module array comprising:
- a first thermoelectric device;
- and
- a second thermoelectric device disposed adjacent to the first thermoelectric device in a first direction,
- wherein the first thermoelectric device includes a plurality of thermoelectric modules disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
- wherein the second thermoelectric device includes a plurality of thermoelectric modules disposed in the second direction,
- wherein each of the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the first thermoelectric device and the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the second thermoelectric device includes a heat sink and a connector,
- wherein the heat sink includes a groove formed to extend in the first direction so that a first fluid flows in the first direction,
- wherein a connector of a thermoelectric module disposed on a first side in the second direction among the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the first thermoelectric device and a connector of a thermoelectric module disposed on the first side in the second direction among the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the second thermoelectric device are disposed adjacently in the first direction, and
- wherein a connector of a thermoelectric module disposed on a second side in the second direction among the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the first thermoelectric device and a connector of a thermoelectric module disposed on the second side in the second direction among the plurality of thermoelectric modules included in the second thermoelectric device are disposed adjacently in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.