Abrégé

A generator configured to generate electrical energy from heat, for example from sunlight. The generator includes: a moveable carrier connected to a kinetic-electric converter; and a stationary support. One of the carrier and the support is provided with a magnet and the other is provided with separate ferromagnetic elements. A heat supply is associated with the one of the carrier and the support that is provided with the magnet to direct heat onto successively at least one of the ferromagnetic elements to warm the ferromagnetic element to above a Curie temperature thereof, to thereby impart reciprocal movement of the carrier relative to the support through magnetic interaction between the magnet and the ferromagnetic elements. A cooling system such as a thermo-electric generator or a heat sink is configured for cooling at least one of the magnet and the ferromagnetic elements.

Classes IPC  ?

• H10N 15/20 - Dispositifs thermoélectriques utilisant le changement thermique de la perméabilité magnétique, p. ex. en opérant au-dessus et en-dessous du point de Curie
• H10N 10/13 - Dispositifs thermoélectriques comportant une jonction de matériaux différents, c.-à-d. dispositifs présentant l'effet Seebeck ou l'effet Peltier fonctionnant exclusivement par les effets Peltier ou Seebeck caractérisés par les moyens d'échange de chaleur à la jonction

Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to a generator configured to generate electrical energy from heat, for example from sunlight, comprising: • - a moveable carrier, which is connected to a kinetic-electric converter; • - a stationary support; • - wherein one of the carrier and the support is provided with a magnet (16) arranged and the other of the carrier and the support is provided with separate ferromagnetic elements; • - a heat supply associated with the one of the carrier and the support that is provided with the magnet, to direct heat onto successively at least one of the ferromagnetic elements to warm the ferromagnetic element to above a Curie temperature thereof, to thereby impart reciprocal movement of the carrier relative to the support through magnetic interaction between the magnet and the ferromagnetic elements; and • - a cooling system configured for cooling at least one of the magnet and the ferromagnetic elements, such as a thermo-electric generator or a heat sink arranged along or in at least a part of the movement path.

Classes IPC  ?

• F03G 7/00 - Mécanismes produisant une puissance mécanique, non prévus ailleurs ou utilisant une source d'énergie non prévue ailleurs
• H01L 37/04 - Dispositifs thermoélectriques sans jonction de matériaux différents; Dispositifs thermomagnétiques, p.ex. utilisant l'effet Nernst-Ettinghausen; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives utilisant le changement thermique de la perméabilité magnétique, p.ex. en opérant au-dessus et en-dessous du point de Curie
• H02N 10/00 - Moteurs électriques utilisant des effets thermiques
• H02N 11/00 - Générateurs ou moteurs non prévus ailleursMouvements dits perpétuels obtenus par des moyens électriques ou magnétiques