Heat and work conversion method and thermoelectric converter in reversible thermoelectric cycle

摘要

The Invention relates to a process for transforming heat and work in a thermoelectric cycle, wherein charge carriers of an electronic gas are cyclically subjected to at least a first and second ( 7 ) heat source. Thereby, heat is exchanged between elements of the cycle representing adjacent sections (c-d, d-a) of a thermodynamic representation of the thermoelectric cycle. The process can be performed without thermal loss and without thermal (entropy) degradation of the second source, which provides a thermoelectric efficiency higher than that of Carnot cycles.