Thermo Life(R) - Innovative Solutions for Thermal Energy Harvesting (Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2009)

Dr. Ingo Stark is the Chief Technology Officer of Thermo Life® Energy Corp. since 2005 and responsible for development of prototypes of thermoelectric thin film generators for customer specific applications, process development and monitoring. Prior to joining Thermo Life® Energy Corp., Ingo Stark was a co-founder and the Senior R&D manager of the German start-up company D.T.S. from 1995 to 2002, which succeeded in developing of a Low Power Thermoelectric Generator as a unique power source for micro and sensor systems. After acquisition of D.T.S. by Digital Angel (Nasdaq: DIGA; former Applied Digital Solutions), Ingo Stark moved the laboratory to California in 2003, where he built up a new R&D facility as a Senior Engineer. He received the Degree in Physics and Ph. D. degree in Physics from the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

Thermo Life(R) is a revolutionary micro-technology device that is the culmination of eight years of research and development. Thermo Life(R) is a new, unique, small and compact Low Power Thermoelectric Generator ("LPTG") and viable energy source for low-powered devices such as micro sensor systems, ZigBee chipsets, wearable electronics, implantable medical devices, active RFID tags and numerous other applications. Wherever a temperature difference exists in any environment, the autonomous device, Thermo Life(R), is capable of producing an output power. Even small temperature differences of less than 5 Kelvin can provide a source of thermal energy.

 

Thermo Life(R) converts heat energy to electrical energy through its thermopile couples using the thermopile principle (Seebeck effect). When both heat couple plates are thermally connected with a heat source and a heat sink, heat flows through thermopiles and is converted directly into electrical energy.