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US 9,318,681 B2Granted
Thermogenerator comprising phase-change materials
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorJerome Gavillet
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Abstract
A thermogenerator including at least one thermoelement and two phase-change materials having different phase-change temperatures, the at least one thermoelement having two opposite main faces, and each of the faces is covered by one of the phase-change materials, such that the thermoelement is subject only to a temperature gradient imposed by the two phase-change materials, during a phase of heating or cooling.
Claims16
A thermogenerator comprising:
- at least one thermoelement and two phase-change materials having different phase-change temperatures,
- the at least one thermoelement having two opposite main faces, and each of the faces being covered by one of the phase-change materials, such that the thermoelement is subject only to a temperature gradient imposed by the two phase-change material, during a phase of heating or cooling.
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