CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE HEAT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Abstract

Chemical and electrochemical reactions are being studied for converting heat to electrical energy. Current work is devoted to the production of breadboard models of two systems. One complete system, based on chlorides of Sb, has been operated on a very small scale. Attributes of this system are simplicity of thermal regeneration, an operating temperature range between 300 and 600 deg K, conversion efficiencies above 15%, and moderate power density. The higher power densities were computed for a system based on chlorides of Te and Cu. Stepwise operation of all phb chlorides. Supporting studies reported include thermal decomposition of TeCl4 and of SbCl5, vapor pressure of melts of AlCl3 with CuCl2 and with CuCl, and corrosion studies in SbCl5.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1962
Accession Number
AD0277616

Entities

People

  • C. R. Mccully

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Antimony
  • Breadboard Models
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Dissociation
  • Electric Power
  • Electrochemical Cells
  • Electrochemical Reactions
  • Engineering
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metals
  • Production
  • Vapor Pressure

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.