Thermal to Electric Conversion with a Novel Quantum-Coupled Converter RLE Group Energy Production and Conversion Group Sponsors MTPVCorp Project Staff
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As energy prices continue to increase, technology that makes more efficient use of energy is of interest to industry and consumers. Converting heat to electricity is a potentially important capability, and technologies that can do this with high efficiency and good throughput will be very useful. In previous RLE reports, we have described a new approach to the problem that is based on quantum coupling with a cold-side single carrier converter. In this article we describe recent advances in our modeling and understanding.
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