DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL THERMAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY

摘要

Thermally driven, nearly-random motions of electrons in an electrical conductor cause some of those electrons to pass through a rectifying diode (114), into a capacitor (116), where electric charge is accumulated. In some embodiments of this invention, a transformer (110) can be used to increase either the voltage or the current of the electricity that passes into the rectifying diode (114). A multiplicity of the capacitors can be wired in parallel to increase the total accumulated charge. Practical use can be made of the accumulated direct current electricity that is thus made available.