THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION UNIT AND THERMOELECTRIC GENERATING METHOD USING THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of disposing a thermoelectric generation module, and converting thermal energy to electric energy and collecting it by utilizing a temperature difference between a heat source temperature in a process and an atmospheric temperature around the process in collecting sensible heat and waste heat generated in the manufacturing process.SOLUTION: A unit includes: the thermoelectric generation module converting the thermal energy to the electric energy; insulating substrates disposed on a high-temperature surface and a low-temperature surface of the thermoelectric generation module; and a pressure adjusting unit disposed on the low-temperature surface side and/or the high-temperature surface side of the thermoelectric generation module.