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-====DIY Thermoelectric System====+====DIY Thermoelectric Generator====
  
 Thermoelectric systems produce electrical energy out of a heat-source. Thermoelectric systems produce electrical energy out of a heat-source.
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 ===References=== ===References===
  
-Peltier Engines+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x68j7y3IV2g|Video]] with a lot of basic experiments. Main conclusion: Stirling are way more efficient (they can rise up to 40% instead of 1% for Peltier modules.) 
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 +Peltier Elements
    * [[http://phys.org/news/2013-05-diy-thermoelectric-device-hiker-smartphone.html|General article]]    * [[http://phys.org/news/2013-05-diy-thermoelectric-device-hiker-smartphone.html|General article]]
    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY0-O-IfTQ|Design #1]]    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY0-O-IfTQ|Design #1]]
 +   * http://www.magistrala.cz/freeenergy/search/homemade-peltier-element
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 +Thermoelectric generators
 +   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Zbmwf5uEQ|Made of aluminium and a pencil]]
 +   * http://www.scraptopower.co.uk/thermoelectric/Thermoelectric-lamp-seebeck-generator
 +   * [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tpod1/tpod1-thermoelectric-power-on-demand|tPOD1 (commercial]]
 +   * youtu.be/dMD4GlzLPzw
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 +===Basic Info===
  
 +[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator|From Wikipedia]]:
 +   * Used to be made of bimetallic junctions.
 +   * Are now made of highly doped semiconductors, from bismuth telluride, or lead telluride, or calcium manganese oxide.
 +   * Electromechanical systems including turbines, such as Stirling engines, are more efficient.
  

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