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Originally Posted by groar
Welcome to EM
These are solutions to alternator removal which is a common topic here.
Could you give us links about functional Thermovoltaic solutions ?
Have fun,
Denis.
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Thanks to all for the welcome!
Denis, my bio went beyond EM, I was thinking in terms of solar electric for the house. PV panels are good for cars since they approx match the lifespan of a vehicle and weight oof thin film can be good too. So I'm thinking about a focusing collector of some kind to a working fluid of some kind for the house, too heavy and bulky for auto.
That said, I bought a small 5 watt PV to start experimenting with. I think there are great opportunities in auto design, especially PIHV, for integrated PV panels. I know of a French EV "car" that has it (Venturi Eclectic) and a few in the US (sunnev.com for example) and hopefully the new Prius (
Automotive World - Japan: Toyota investigating solar photovoltaic panels for next-generation Prius). It's hard on a typical production vehicle to retrofit PV because PV are flat, and aero is usually not flat. The back deck in the rear window of a sedan is a good one, though small. But in the design of a new PIHV PV panels are a perfect match because vehicles sit in the sun a lot.
Back to your question, my first thoughts for mobile thermovoltaic are the ceramic solid state devices that are currently out there such as CPU coolers and plug in coolers, and then Sterling cycle generators which are still bulky and heavy for what they produce. I doubt either would generate enough to replace an alternator. I put much more hope in thin film PV.
HaPPI
