The eTEG Thermoelectric Power Generation Evaluation Kit from Nextreme Thermal Solutions was developed to assess the company’s power generation technology. It reportedly eliminates the need for a sophisticated laboratory set up and requires only modest equipment to measure the power generated by Nextreme’s eTEG UPF40 devices, which rely on the Seebeck effect, where electricity is produced from a temperature differential applied across the device.
The evaluation kit includes a thick film heater as the heat source, an embedded eTEG UPF40 power generator module, a heat sink/fan assembly, and thermocouples for temperature measurement. The kit provides the full thermal path — from heat source to heatsink — and requires only a power supply for the heater and a volt meter to measure the voltage generated by the eTEG across a load resistor; thereby determining the power output. Customers can reproduce and confirm the performance data provided by Nextreme during this evaluation process. The kit is said to facilitate the introduction and evaluation of this technology quickly and easily and lowers the barrier and costs for evaluation. Nextreme Thermal SolutionsDurham, NC; www.nextreme.com.