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Originally Posted by jjackstone
Great idea if you have lots of money or an inexpensive source for the TEG's. It's been a couple years since I checked into them but at the time quality generators were prohibitively expensive. What would you do to keep the cool side cool to maintain the temperature differential?
I assume you have already checked into sources but here is one that I'll toss out.
Hi-Z Technology, Inc.
I have no affiliation with this company--haven't even bought anything from them but ran across their site when I was researching TEG's a few years ago.
JJ |
I have been looking at this site for TEG's.
Thermoelectric Generator . I have purchased a cheap peltier cooler and tested it at similar temperatures to my motorcycle exhaust. it works, but only puts out .3 watts, and costs $6. They have a small module that they claim puts out 5 watts and only costs $18. That would be <$4/watt making it comparable to many small solar panels. I want to test them out, but it will have to wait until the fairing is finished.