Posted by harry on April 4, 2009, 6:13 pm
Lots of discussion on these pages about converting heat to electricity
(via turbines, steam engines etc). I often wondered why thermocouple/
thermopiles were not used. The aswer is they were but the research
seems to be abandoned these days. Wonder why?
Info here:-
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POWER/thermoelectric/thermoelectric.htm
Posted by Eeyore on April 4, 2009, 7:39 pm
harry wrote:
> Lots of discussion on these pages about converting heat to electricity
> (via turbines, steam engines etc). I often wondered why thermocouple/
> thermopiles were not used.
Because they're VERY inefficient. End of story.
Graham
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> (via turbines, steam engines etc). I often wondered why thermocouple/
> thermopiles were not used.