ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,612, issued on Feb. 10.
"Evaporative electrical power generating method" was invented by Jonathan Bruce Goodman (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a temperature difference between the sides of a Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) for generating electrical power are described. Water is used to saturate a wicking material in thermal communication with at least one thermal conductor, such as metal tubing or wires, whereby one side of the TEG is cooled by the reduction of heat caused by the evaporation of the liquid from the material, and transferred to the TEG by the at least one thermal conductor. T...