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Thermogenerator comprising phase-change materials

US9318681B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventor

Jerome Gavillet · Saint-Égrève, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 2011
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/14
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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