Thermoelectric Torch

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Thermoelectric Economic Ecofriendly

torch
Except for the fact that batteries cost
What is it and how does it work This is actually a very impressive
more, they are very harmful. Here is what
A thermoelectric flashlight is a fact. happens when we throw away our
flashlight which is powered by heat. Although the torch itself seems to batteries:
The reason why this works is because be expensive, when it is compared When depleted batteries are tossed
electrical energy is generated by heat. to a torch that works with regular into the trash, they end up in landfills
Basically, the flashlight is a series if where they decay and leak. As
or lithium batteries. It is cheaper. A
LED bulbs that rely on the batteries corrode, their chemicals soak
person roughly spends $25 for into soil and contaminate groundwater
thermoelectric effect to generate batteries in a year but if you add all and surface water.
electricity when held. This is done
the costs required for the making of Lithium batteries can cause landfill
through a series of devices that are fires that can smolder for many years.
this torch it sums up to $23.
known as Peltier tiles, which produce As a result, the toxic chemicals

electricity when heated on one side released into the air negatively affect

and cooled on the other. The tiles are our breathing and contribute to global
fixed to the outside of the flashlight warming.
while the tube itself is hollow. The vaporized form of improperly

exposed batteries also gets trapped in

the atmosphere and pollutes lakes and
streams in the form of rain.

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