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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:35:19 EST
Subject: Re: Thermopiles

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From Robert Ettinger:

> More than 40 years ago I envisioned 
> using thermopiles for cryonics organizations to generate their own energy 
> and 
> thus a higher degree of independence.
> 

What is the conversion efficiency of these systems?  Many years ago I have 
worked with that kind of device, but the energy conversion was quite poor. 
Amateur astronomers use the Peletier effect to cool down CCD cameras, but the 
requested current intensity is very large.

Yvan Bozzonetti.

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