Posted on Wednesday, December 31 2008 @ 8:25 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
TechOn
talks about themoelectric conversion, a process to turn waste heat into energy. Pictured below is a LED which is powered by the heat of a candle.
These technologies are all an effort to efficiently convert waste heat, which has been a nuisance thus far, into electricity. Potential heat sources include boilers, hot water pipes, automotive emissions and engines, ICs, microprocessors, transmitters in high-speed telecommunication devices, the sun and human bodies (body warmth).
