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heat to electricity
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krish
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heat to electricity
Can the room temp be used to charge a battery ..... is this possible... i just thought of working on this, since i have holidays .... but i doubt whether this would be an idiotic thought to venture upon .....
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krish
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:33 am
- Occupation: student
- Project Question: Energy
- Project Due Date: n/a
- Project Status: I am just starting
Re: heat to electricity
krish wrote:Can the room temp be used to charge a battery ..... is this possible
... i just thought of working on this, since i have holidays
.... but i doubt whether this would be an idiotic thought to venture upon .....
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Re: heat to electricity
Hi,
You sound like you are interested in thermopiles, which generate electricity from a difference in temperature, using the Seebeck effect. Here is a great historical review of them:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/P ... ectric.htm
It looks like this could be an interesting project!
Best regards,
Barrett L. Tomlinson
You sound like you are interested in thermopiles, which generate electricity from a difference in temperature, using the Seebeck effect. Here is a great historical review of them:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/P ... ectric.htm
It looks like this could be an interesting project!
Best regards,
Barrett L. Tomlinson