US 12,082,502 B2
Thermoelectric power generation system
Jiro Fukudome, Osaka (JP); Hirofumi Ukai, Osaka (JP); Shuji Tamaki, Osaka (JP); and Yoshika Hatasako, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,287.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-072759 (JP), filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344559 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/13 (2023.01); H10N 10/80 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/13 (2023.02) [H10N 10/80 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric power generation system configured to perform a power generation by giving a recovery heat from a heating flow path to a thermoelectric power generator, the thermoelectric power generator comprising:
a heat exchanger configured to:
recover heat from the heating flow path, wherein an interior of an exhaust gas duct through which heated gas flows defines the heating flow path; and
give the recovered heat to a thermoelectric element; and
a storage tank configured to store a heat medium of the heat exchanger, and
wherein:
at least a part of the storage tank is positioned in the heating flow path, and
the heat exchanger is distinct from the storage tank.