Infrared Power Generation: Study in an Insulated Compartment

Abstract : Infrared power generation (IRPG) consists of shining infrared (IR) radiation on a power generator (PG) device and collecting a usable voltage. The PI and Co-PI are actively pioneering the effort of understanding and implementing IRPG. Scientifically. the primary objective of this Project is to unveil the mechanisms alternative to the Seebeck effect contributing to voltage production in IRPG. This task implies establishing and assessing the equivalence or lack thereof among radiative heat transfer, on one hand, and convective and conductive heat transfer, on the other. Some possible consequences of such an equivalence or lack thereof in the fields of device physics, astronomy and geology, biology and medicine and art, are discussed.