Publication Date
Winter 2-12-2019
Document Type
Other
Description
An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.
Source Publication
Patent Number: US10203164B2
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Recommended Citation
Olsen, Michele L.; Toberer, Eric S.; Ginley, David S.; Parilla, Philip A.; Warren, Emily L.; Martinez, Aaron D.; Rea, Jonathan E.; Hardin, Corey Lee; Oshman, Christopher J.; and Siegel, Nathan P., "Solar thermoelectricity Via Advanced Latent Heat Storage" (2019). Other Faculty Research and Publications. 132.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_pubs/132