Patent ID: 9711705
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21Y,H01L

Claim:
1. A system for converting thermal energy into electrical energy, the system comprising: a thermoelectric generator; a high temperature storage in contact with a first side of the thermoelectric generator; a low temperature storage in contact with a second side of the thermoelectric generator; a high temperature regenerator for maintaining the high temperature storage at a high temperature; and a low temperature regenerator for maintaining the low temperature storage at a low temperature; and wherein the temperature of the high temperature storage is higher than the temperature of the low temperature storage and the difference in the temperatures of the high temperature storage and the low temperature storage creates a thermal difference between the two sides of the thermoelectric generator which creates the electrical energy; and wherein the high temperature storage is positioned between the first side of the thermoelectric generator and the high temperature regenerator and the low temperature storage is positioned between the second side of the thermoelectric generator and the low temperature regenerator; wherein the high temperature regenerator comprises: