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Application of Passive Schemes for Pyroelectric Conversion of Low-Potential Heat

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The paper presents the results of experimental pyroelectric studies of PZT piezoceramics by the methods of open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current. Pyroresponses resulted from action of modulated laser radiation on a pyroelement. It is shown that using altering the temperature of even a single pyroelement by 8.5 K enables production of a maximum electricenergy output power of about 16 μW on a 10 MΩ resistor at an open-circuit voltage of ∼ 90 V and a short-circuit current of ∼ 0.18 μA. The presented research contributes to the development of pyrogenerators for conversion of thermal energy using commercially available piezo-ceramics.

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  1. Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Lavrent’eva 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    K. G. Dobrosel’sky, V. A. Antipin, P. V. Yudin & G. S. Sukhorukov

  2. Siberian Transport University, ul. D. Kovalchuk 191, Novosibirsk, 630049, Russia

    V. A. Antipin

  3. Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    G. S. Sukhorukov

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Dobrosel’sky, K.G., Antipin, V.A., Yudin, P.V. et al. Application of Passive Schemes for Pyroelectric Conversion of Low-Potential Heat. J. Engin. Thermophys. 27, 51–57 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S181023281801006X

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