The present work concerns the design, manufacturing and testing of a non-battery hand lamp. The present idea is based on utilization of human-emitted heat to activate a Peltier thermo-electric module for electricity generation. This technique is an emerging energy-harvesting application. The size of the lamp is suitable to be hold by the hand of a grown-up person. A group of nine suitable and powerful LEDs were used as the light source of the lamp. A special housing was designed and fabricated of Teflon. Also, the lamp was supplied by a heat sink to increase the efficiency of the Peltier module. Interesting conclusions and suggestions for further development are stated.
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Human-Emitted Heat, Hand Lamps, Peltier Thermo-Electric Module
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