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Powerful Megacooler From Tellurex Offers Improved Organ Transportation And Laboratory Sample Control

Traverse City, Michigan, December 21, 2011 — Tellurex Corporation announces a new Peltier thermoelectric cooler technology that provides fast, energy-efficient and precisely controlled refrigeration for lab refrigerators and freezers, as well as industrial enclosures, without the electronic noise and bulk associated with conventional gas-cooled units.

The Tellurex Peltier cooler design supports fixed refrigeration and portable units and represents significant improvements to strategies for organ transportation, lab sample storage, and handling of biological samples, forensic samples and blood samples.

It should also be considered by manufacturers of wine coolers for restaurants, caterers and event managers where the end customer desires shorter set up times and a capability to meet unexpected demand spikes for precisely cooled wines and beers with minimal serving delay after bottle loading.

Packing the power to cool down to 45° Celsius below ambient room temperature, the Tellurex MegaCool225 is designed for large heat pumping applications from compact refrigeration to air conditioning to wine coolers.

The versatility of this unit is demonstrated by the ability to use it as a cold plate contact cooler, or attach the matched air exchanger to the cold plate and utilize it as a 700 BTU air conditioner, or attach the matched fluid heat exchanger to use it as a fluid loop cooler.

In addition to providing protective storage indoors to well below freezing, the Tellurex technology also permits the contents of the enclosure to be warmed up in precise increments of 0.1°C on a timed schedule to make sure that human organs or lab materials are sealed and protected while awaiting the next stage of a laboratory or medical process and yet are ready for immediate use upon extraction.

There are several advantages to a powerful cold plate cooler from Tellurex:

• compact package,
• faster cooling,
• precise temperature control to 0.1°C,
• thermo cycling on demand,
• lighter weight than gas-cooled units,
• improved portability of coolers,
• more cooling volume per pound,
• very little electronic noise to disturb adjacent sensitive technologies,
• quiet operation,
• gas-free design than cannot leak refrigerants, and
• low power consumption.

The muscular heat pump of the Tellurex MegaCool225 supports compact refrigerators and freezers and portable refrigeration units and will be especially welcome where fast refrigeration to a precise temperature is desirable. Restaurants will appreciate the capability to support unexpected high customer counts with properly cooled drinks without service interruption.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact Craig Tremp at +1 231.947.0110 x 219 or by email.

Making an Eagle

Our heated & cooled cup holders drive a 1,680-mile Wild West golf tour
in a high-end celebrity hauler.

Traverse City, Michigan, September 22, 2011 — “Pick a ride that could comfortably carry the two of us (and a photographer with attendant gear) across the high-speed expanses and elevation-changing passes of the Mountain West.”

So writes journalist Mathew Rudy for the October, 2011 edition of Golf Digest as he and a pal travel through three National Parks on their way to pit skill and luck against two of the West’s more intriguing golf adventures, the $220 “stay-and-play” Coeur d’Alene Resort with its floating green and the $29 public Indian Canyon in Spokane, Washington.

“We wanted to step from the tee without feeling like a toddler’s ten-thumb origami experiment...” Rudy explains. There was also the desire to keep a coffee at a perfect sipping temperature while assuring that the adjacent water bottle becomes as cold as a mountain stream—a wish list apparently only possible with Tellurex heated and cooled cup holders.

Their ride: a Cadillac Escalade Platinum Edition complete with all-wheel-drive, retractable running boards, heated steering wheel, and several cows worth of heated and cooled premium leather seats. Luggage, clubs, photographer and equipment all fit without impinging upon the sense of occasion or anyone’s legroom. The golfers may have braved snow at an 8,500-foot Idaho mountain pass, but when they stepped out, their drives were true and their putting skills intact. Also their coffee was still perfectly hot and the water bottle cold.

“Stretching out in the second-row captain’s chairs and fiddling with the rear dedicated climate-control knobs... it was easy to see why the Escalade is such a popular high-end celebrity hauler,” Rudy offers.

What images were chosen for the Golf Digest article? A twisting, conifer-lined mountain two-lane with snow-capped peaks on the horizon. A basket of Idaho branded golf balls. The view from the elevated 18th at Indian Canyon: your home course—public or private—should look this good.

And the fourth picture in a two-page golf adventure? The Tellurex thermoelectric powered cup holders—coffee truly hot in one and an honestly cold bottle of water in the other.

There are other heated and cooled cup holders in other vehicles, but they aren’t Tellurex good.

The best travel experience on the best Wild West golf adventure is the quality of the trip itself. Need more proof? Check out the October 2011 edition of Golf Digest.

Without perfect coffee and cold water it’s not a road trip. It’s a Bogey.

For more information, contact sales@tellurex.com.

(Images different from those published in Golf Digest)

Decisions. Decisions.

Where To Dine In Traverse City.

How many restaurants are there in Traverse City, Michigan?

The Trip Advisor web site reviews 114. But probably no one is more informed than the Traverse City Record Eagle newspaper, which lists 257 on their link page to Traverse City Restaurants.

“I am always asked by visitors, Where should we dine?” says Tellurex Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Charles Cauchy. “Of course, the menus at the Grand Traverse Resort and the restaurants nearby are excellent. But you may wish to get out and explore the charming downtown, or the rolling hills and twin bays for which we are famous.”

“I like to eat,” he says with a smile. With apologies to all of the many other fine brasseries in the area, here are Chuck’s recommendations—plus heartfelt suggestions from other Tellurex executives, as well:

Downtown

The Bay Leaf. 120 S. Park Street. Check out Yelp and you’ll find plenty of four-and-a-half and five-star reviews of this cozy restaurant. One reviewer credits it with having “one of the most sophisticated bars in the area.” Another calls the wine list “beyond impressive.”

But before sitting down to dine, cross the street to the Park Place Hotel and ride the elevator to the tenth floor and stop into the Beacon Lounge. Order hors d’oeuvres and a drink and take in the extraordinary view of West Bay.

Amical. 229 East Front Street. Here is “a French Restaurant in Northern Michigan” with four-and-a-half stars from 65 Trip Advisor reviewers who appreciate its creative kitchen, friendly service and cozy atmosphere.

Give it another half-star for it’s location next to the renovated State Theater, home of the Traverse City Film Festival, and near the Horizon Book Store. Can you have a more perfect evening than good friends, great books and cinema? Hmmm. Read on.

Mode’s Bum Steer. 125 East State Street. Great steaks, excellent Michigan whitefish, and a fine martini. What else is there to care about? Well, there is an excellent iceberg wedge salad with wonderful blue cheese. Since 1975, Mode’s has won awards and media praise for their roast beef, barbequed ribs, and their special sauces. We also hear, because “we never indulge,” that they have wonderful house-made desserts.

Trattoria Stella. 1200 West Eleventh Street. This charming restaurant features vaulted ceilings, an intimate bar, and an intriguing serpentine catacomb of intimate rooms with only a few tables in each. The imposing building above is a former Michigan State Hospital. Long since converted to shops and offices from the early days when Michigan invested some of its timber, mining and automotive money in early advanced social services care, the setting now is perfect for the ”uncomplicated classic Italian food” served by this family-owned establishment.

Other Tellurex Recommendations

Wes Arrington, Vice President of Operations, recommends Apache Trout Grill. 3671 S. West Bayshore Dr on M-22.

Situated on the western shore of West Bay, the restaurant presents you with splendid views of the water from tables inside the large picture windows and from the outdoors patio. Look for the schooner Manitou, a floating bed-and-breakfast, crossing the bay under full sail. You may also arrive by boat and tie up at the dock before dining under the high peaked cedar ceilings. On cool days, the large fieldstone fireplace may be lit. The web site states: “Signature dishes include, award winning BBQ ribs, fresh seafood, hand-cut, aged, choice steaks and their amazing homemade key lime pie.” The excellent square-shaped bar is often packed with friendly people.

Harrington’s By The Bay. 13890 South West Bayshore Drive. Only open since Memorial Day weekend, Harrington’s is already enjoying a strong following. Located on South West Bay Shore Drive, across from the Red 8 buoy in lower West Bay, the restaurant’s greets your entrance with a hand-finished wine locker, signaling that the hosts are serious about their wine and food. Entrées are selected personally by the owners and include hand-cut prime steaks, prime rib, wild caught salmon, fresh Great Lakes walleye, and delightful seared diver scallops. There are also chicken, burgers, vegetarian meals, soups, salads, and an extensive wine list and a full bar to compliment excellent views of West Bay.

Sales engineer Peter Schmitz, a long-:time Traverse City resident, thinks that sometimes people may miss the many less formal but charming spots in Traverse City. He recommends a first-rate pizza and a draft beer at Pangea’s Pizza at 135 East Front Street. Be sure to sit on the covered deck in back with its intimate view over the Boardman River to West Bay in the distance.

Afterwards, walk two minutes along Front Street to Annie’s, home of the one-dollar ice cream cone and a variety of creative gifts. As one reviewer writes: “Don't miss this store! Annie’s is one of my favorite places… They have so many unique gifts here! They have a great staff!” 208 E Front Street.

Old Mission Peninsula

Lawrence Dolph, Marketing Director of Tellurex, endorses the downtown dining recommendations, listed above. “Still,” he says, “to really understand the beauty of Traverse City, you must drive the 14 miles up Old Mission Peninsula.”

Along this route, you begin cruising along the edge of West Bay and then cross over to drive beside the shores of East Bay before gaining elevation for spectacular hilltop views of each. Make the entire drive and you arrive at the historic Old Mission Lighthouse at the tip.

This was the site of a unique experiment led by Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian minister, from 1839 until 1852. He led a small colony of teachers, artisans, and farmers—of both European and Native people—to build the Old Mission Inn, the Old Mission Lighthouse, and the Old Mission General Store. Much of the village remains standing at the edge of Haserot Beach and dock, a perfect half moon of sand sheltered from wind and waves.

Along the route, you will drive past cherry orchards, vineyards and wineries to a choice of one of four places that Lawrence suggests:

Near the tip of the peninsula and not far from the lighthouse, you’l find the Old Mission Tavern at 17015 Center Road. There is a main dining room with wood-burning stove, and a “garden room” with many windows to illuminate its original art. The adjacent Bella Galleria displays fine art for appreciation and purchase.

Located approximately halfway from the tip of the peninsula, and not to be missed, is the Boathouse Restaurant at 14039 Peninsula Drive. When making reservations, you have a choice of seating inside or outside, but both are right on West Bay, with waves lapping at the footings of the dock. A Wine Spectator Award of Excellence winner in 2010, the restaurant offers repast that “echo the classical French tradition of Escoffier.”

Close by, you find the Mission Table and the Jolly Pumpkin restaurants in the Bowers Harbor Inn Estate. 13512 Peninsula Drive.

Eat dinner on the Mission Table veranda while gazing through the beautiful shade trees at Power Island in West Bay. Or dine inside with its ambiance of a European country inn and the ghost of the founder, Genevive Stickney. Quoting from the Mission Table web site: “Genevive’s antics have appeared on ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ and have been featured in books documenting authentic ghost stories.”

For simpler but well prepared fare, choose the Jolly Pumpkin restaurant just behind Mission Table, where they brew excellent beers and distill white and brown liquors.

July is still high summer in Northern Michigan. Daylight extends to 10 pm and offers late sunsets during which soft golden light gives way to brilliant red twilight at the edge of puffy clouds over the glowing bays.

The round trip from the Grand Traverse Report and Spa is 47 miles or 75 km, but you will be driving beside both of the spectacular bays of Traverse City and then rising above them to gaze down rolling vineyards and orchards to the blue waters below. Think of it your invitation to drive and dine in paradise from your good friends at Tellurex.

Your Guide To the 30th International Conference On Thermoelectrics, July 17-21

Traverse City, Michigan, April 25, 2011 — The world famous National Cherry Festival will have just ended and a half-million festival visitors departed as you arrive at the best place on Planet Earth to visit in July. Don’t worry. This city hosts festival after festival all summer long. Everything will be clean and fresh, food pantries restored and wine cellars restocked. When you arrive, Traverse City will be energized and ready to take excellent care of you.

The primary organizer of the conference is Dr. Don Morelli on behalf of Michigan State University. We can tell you that it is a first-rate program for both attendees and their guests. More details may be found at the 2011 ITC website.

The event is hosted at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, which is located above one of the two fiords that we call East Bay and West Bay. This is a full service luxury resort. Yet, you are just a ten-minute drive from superb beaches, renowned restaurants, brewpubs and outdoor cafes, lovely Victorian homes and lumber baron mansions. Traverse City is located along the base of two beautiful peninsulas that boast excellent vineyards and perfect views of deep blue Lake Michigan. Everywhere you look there are rolling dunes, some covered in forest, others of pure sand and gleaming in the sun.

Our event is nestled between the National Cherry Festival and Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival. But the week of July 17 belongs to us and this is when Traverse City becomes Thermoelectric City. For among our city’s rare treasures are not one but two respected thermoelectric firms and Gold Sponsors, our neighbor TE Technology and our own Tellurex Corporation.

During the Thermoelectrics Conference, Tellurex research engineer Michael Spry will give a paper on new and better ways to test and model power generation performance curves. The abstract appears at the end of this article.

But you can’t spend an entire Traverse City day in a closed conference, even if it’s housed in the excellent Grand Traverse Resort. Step outside for a round of golf on one or more of three signature Michigan golf courses: The Bear by Jack Nicklaus, The Wolverine by Gary Player, and Spruce Run by William Newcomb.

Or grab your bathing suit and visit Clinch Park Beach. You’ll find 1,500 feet of a perfect fine sand beach, one of many in the area. There are restrooms and lifeguards, picnic tables, and the delightful water of West Bay. Grand Traverse Bay may offer a gentle slope into the water but it is 32 miles long and 640 feet deep with mile after mile of spectacular views.

If you don’t enjoy the crowd of fit bathers, joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters, walk east a little way and find a quiet spot near the mouth of the Boardman River, which becomes one of America’s great trout streams if you venture upriver into the pine forests.

Across the Grandview Boulevard and a quarter-mile to the west, you will find one of Traverse City’s many intriguing visitor areas, the Warehouse District. Look for the charming hair salon that is partnered with a brewpub, the Salon Saloon. Choose your pint of excellent beer brewed on site as you sit in the stylist’s chair for a shampoo, scalp massage and expert cut.

The Warehouse District is a hub of creative enterprise and entertainment. Less than a 0.2-mile walk is the North Peak Brewing Company at 400 West Front Street. Always lively and filled with laughter and conversation, this is an excellent place for custom brewed beers and memorable dinners.

A few blocks away, the Old Town District invites, with lovely Victorian homes, stunning lumberman’s mansions built of white pine, and excellent restaurants of its own. For those of your who fall in love with Traverse City, there are rare and lovely homes for sale, both in town and along the scenic lakes and hills.

We sincerely invite you to schedule enough time to take in the many delights of Traverse City, to dine and shop, and to walk or bicycle the trails along its rivers and lakes and across its wooded hills, or to paddle a canoe or sail along its beautiful 32-mile bays.

Meanwhile, here’s is the abstract for the paper that will be given by Michael Spry, Tellurex research engineer:

The traditional way of testing power generation modules and projecting their performance may be prone to significant overestimation of capabilities. Frequently, an assumption is made that the no-load voltage measured during testing can simply be employed as the default VNL in all subsequent calculations using data taken under load. In reality while current is flowing, wattage due to Peltier effect creates temperature drops across interface materials. These significantly diminish the ΔT across the thermoelectric material and attenuate the Seebeck voltage. Therefore, for each level of load current, there is a different VNL that corresponds to the associated ΔT. Each of these distinctive VNL levels should be used for calculations relative to its associated operational point. With the proper equipment and use of curve fits, it is possible to test and project in a manner which can more closely approximate the true performance characteristics of power generation devices.

Sincerely,

Clyde McKenzie	Charles Cauchy
Chairman	Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer

Can’t make the 30th International Conference on Thermoelectrics? Watch this space for exclusive coverage of the announcements, papers and insights.

Tellurex Corporation and Dexter Research Announce
Practical Deploy-and-Forget Wireless Sensing Design

Portable, plug-in IR design monitors target every six seconds as Tellurex thermoelectric energy harvester provides power for long-distance wireless transmission.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: An innovative self-powered, wireless, temperature-sensing proof-of-concept was unveiled at Sensors Expo and Conference with an integrated demonstration of their respective technologies by Dexter Research and Tellurex Corporation.

One thousand sixty-eight visitors registered at the Dexter-Tellurex Booth 821 over the two-day show. Video: Chuck Cauchy explains this new technology.

The integrated display at the show operated as a truly autonomous sensing system. The demonstrator transmitted in six-second cycles and was powered exclusively by waste heat with only a 4–9°C ΔT. The integration is robust and highly portable and has been designed to operate 24/7. The Dexter-Tellurex demonstration operated continuously at Booth 821 on June 8 and 9 of this year's Sensor Expo and Conference.

The Dexter-Tellurex joint project design meets growing demand for a new state-of-the-art, deploy-and-forget building management system that can provide reliable communication between sensing nodes and monitor systems thousands of feet apart. The integration of Tellurex and Dexter technologies demonstrates a system designed to eliminate continuous battery-replacement technologies and the associated lifetime issues related to re-charge cycles and long-term environmental impact.

Design Benefits

• Deploy and forget non-contact temperature and presence sensing
• Simplified placement / installation / relocation
• Integrated system that is fully self-powered and self-sustaining
• No electrical wiring to run / reduced facility or site operating delays
• Rapid cycles of sensor monitoring
• No batteries requiring periodic replacement, re-charging and disposal
• Design works across multiple sensors

The Technology Story

Dexter Research, a leader in infrared detectors, has been developing advanced wireless sensing to provide their customers with cutting edge technology. Concurrently, Tellurex, the thermoelectric materials and device leader, was developing high performance solid-state micro-generators for wireless devices. By merging the technologies, it was possible to deliver a fully integrated self-powered wireless temperature sensing/data acquisition system.

Thermoelectric power generation technology converts heat to DC power. By applying a temperature difference (ΔT) across a thermoelectric generator (TEG), a proportional DC voltage is developed to power an electrical load.

In recent years, there has been a growing interest is using low-power wireless devices for sensing and collecting data. A complementary desire was to be able to power these solutions wirelessly—and without the need for constant battery replacement. Because of their ability to harvest normally wasted or ambient energy sources, Tellurex TEG's appeared to be a natural choice because they can provide sufficient amounts of energy for these devices. While it was easy for Tellurex technology to extract enough power for such applications, the voltage output was too low for this practical use. Recent advancements in power conversion electronics now allow for sufficient voltage to seamlessly integrate with wireless transceiver hardware.

These innovations have enabled Tellurex Corporation and Dexter Research to complete a demonstration project which provides wireless transmission of temperature-sensing data every six seconds, powered exclusively by waste heat with only a 4–9°C ΔT. Energy is channeled from waste energy at the surface of a conventional heating duct. The difference in temperature between that duct and a finned sink (which dissipates heat into the ambient air), allows the TE module to generate a regulated 3.3 VDC for the rest of the application hardware.

The system provides its own storage capacity to power bursts of energy for data transmission. This spent capacity can then be recovered when the support hardware enters into 'sleep' mode. All of the necessary energy for this operation is derived from waste heat with no wiring between the sensing and receiving stations and without any secondary power source. It is truly a deploy-and-forget system.

The Present and the Future

The demonstration system is a 'proof of concept.' Development is continuing with the intent to provide customers with full electronic support solutions available on a single printed circuit board and mechanical kits that provide pre-configured heat sinks, TEG's, and mounting plates suitable for many applications. Other DC-to-DC converters will be developed, as well, for environments that can provide much greater ΔT's. As always, custom solutions will be available for those needing a specialized approach. Interested persons should watch this Web site and the Dexter Research site for future details.

The Companies

Tellurex Corporation has created several industry-leading thermoelectric products over the past quarter-century. Tellurex offers the most powerful commercially available power generation thermoelectric technology in the world. The company's technology offers support for HVAC management, mobile presence sensing systems, automotive fuel efficiency initiatives, defense stealth targets, and field re-charging of battery-powered devices, such as cell phones, GPS units and computers. The firm's thermoelectric heat-pumping, air-to-air coolers are able to bring the thermal load of an enclosed box to below-ambient temperatures—and with suitable controllers, keep them stable to within ±0.1°C of set point. And, with no moving parts, Tellurex module durability, reliability and easily controlled noise have become valued attributes of its brand.

Since 1977, Dexter Research has been the preferred provider of infrared thermopile detectors for science and industry. Today, the company offers the world's largest selection of thermopile-based solutions including high quality, high-output Bismuth-Antimony thin film and silicon-based infrared-sensing thermopile detectors. Its products detect temperature change in precise 0.1°C increments. Dexter Research also offers standard detectors in high volumes and customizes detectors for specific needs. Integrated modules serve as complete sensing subsystems. Customers in scientific research, automotive, aerospace, home appliances, security systems, medical equipment, and more now rely on Dexter Research for the highest-performance detectors.

Dexter Research was awarded a Michigan Top 50 Companies To Watch in 2008 and featured on television's Economic Report in 2009. Tellurex Corporation was awarded a Corp magazine Science and Technology award in 2010 and was headlined as “Keeping Michigan On The Cutting Edge.” Both firms are ISO 9001:2008 certified.

FOR SALES INFORMATION: contact Peter Schmitz at +1 231.947.0110 x204 or by email.

FOR INTERVIEWS: contact Lawrence Dolph at +1 734.516.5841 or by email.

Many Find Tellurex Thermoelectric ProductsTo Be Number One

Traverse City, Michigan, January 4, 2010 — Congratulations. Whether you search online for “tellerux”, “telurex” or as “tellurex”, you’ve found the global leader in applied thermoelectric science, materials, manufacturing, engineering and products.

“We continue to make great strides in our thermoelectric alloys and bonding materials and processes,” says Chuck Cauchy, the Chief Technology Officer of Tellurex Corporation, “and this enhances our ability to offer the best Delta T in Peltier Effect applications and the highest efficiencies in Seebeck power generation from waste heat and intentional heat sources.”

“We are proud to offer the world's best thermoelectric module,” says Clyde McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer of Tellurex. “And we continue to offer the best engineering and design thermoelectric consulting services to our customers.”

But as a global center for thermoelectric applied science and manufacturing, Tellurex has learned that its customers find the Traverse City, Michigan company in many different ways.

“People tend to search for thermoelectric solutions with just one, two or three words,” says Lawrence Dolph, Vice President for Marketing at Tellurex Corporation. “They may find us on a long list of organic search listings by key-stroking thermoelectric power generation, thermoelectric power generator, thermoelectric module or peltier power generation,” Dolph says. “Or they may type thermoelectric cooling system, seebeck module, peltier cooler or thermoelectric cold plate.

“And today many automotive engineers just cut to the chase and search on thermoelectric cup holder,” Dolph adds, “a customer-satisfying device that Tellurex invented and was the first to sell to automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers.

“The results are often page after page of academic research, competing company product claims, and essays on thermoelectric and materials performance curves.

“I could save them a lot of time,” continues the chief marketing officer of Tellurex. “Key-stroke the phrases ‘global leader thermoelectric’ or ‘world’s best thermoelectric’, and Tellurex appears at the top of the organic search report.”

In fact, today you will find top rankings for thermoelectric products from Tellurex with the following 26 search phrases:

• global leader thermoelectric
• world's best thermoelectric
• world's best thermoelectric power generator
• world's best thermoelectric module
• global leader thermoelectric module manufacturer
• global leader automotive thermoelectric
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• global leader automotive thermoelectric modules
• world's best automotive thermoelectric modules
• global leader thermoelectric
• world leader thermoelectric
• world's best automotive thermoelectric
• global leader automotive thermoelectric
• global leader medical thermoelectric
• global leader bio-medical thermoelectric
• diesel trucks thermoelectric
• world's best diesel trucks thermoelectric
• global leader diesel trucks thermoelectric
• global leader peltier
• global leader thermoelectric commercial generator
• defense and security thermoelectric
• world's best defense and security thermoelectric
• global leader defense and security thermoelectric
• world's best telecom thermoelectric
• global leader telecom thermoelectric
• global leader thermoelectric consumer products

“The world is very competitive in thermoelectric advances today, in both Peltier and Seebeck product applications,” Dolph observes.

“Starting with search performance and continuing with thermoelectric engineering knowledge, design precision, manufacturing quality, price, reliability, durability, and customer service, in the thermoelectric world you can't let up on any of it,” Dolph says.

“It's a great testimony to the proven capabilities of the thermoelectric scientists and engineers at Tellurex and to the power of the Tellurex brand and that we are worthy of this kind of leadership position,” Dolph continues.

Tellurex Broadens Thermoelectric Product Line And Lowers Prices

Traverse City, Michigan, September 1, 2009 — Tellurex Corporation has dramatically expanded its line of thermoelectric modules. Customers can now choose from a total of 64 modules in a variety of sizes across a portfolio of single-stage, multi-stage and power generation configurations.

Dramatic price reductions accompany the expanded product line offering from Tellurex. Overall, the changes reflect an expansion of company operations, global sourcing, and aggressive growth goals. “We continue to make the world's best thermoelectric module,” says Clyde McKenzie, Tellurex's chief executive officer. “And we continue to offer the best engineering and design thermoelectric consulting services to our customers.

“Our expanded product line now makes it possible for even broader use of thermoelectric technology to meet the world's needs for clean power, more effective medicine, controlled experiments and improved security.”

Tellurex services medical, bio-medical, automotive, security and consumer customers around the world, plus the US Department of Defense.

Over the past quarter century, Tellurex has cultivated a culture of innovation and invention. It has assisted its customers to create products that defined whole new market verticals, such as the portable plug-in cooler and more recently a customer-pleasing heating and cooling cup holder for cars and trucks. Customer satisfaction with heated and cooled cup holders is driving an expanding market across several OEM manufacturers.

Now the company is supporting customer development of remote power generating stoves and mobile generators for consumers and the US military, making possible extended off-the-grid use of computers and telecom devices. Remote charging of any battery-operated device in the field is also supported.

Tellurex is also deeply involved in supporting CAFE fuel efficiency development with thermoelectric science while optimizing the reliability and range of hybrid and plug-in automotive vehicles. Auxiliary power unit (APU) development is another facet of the company's output.

“When we bought the company, we had fallen in love with the technology,” McKenzie said. “Take two different metal alloys, separated by a carefully selected design of pellets configured between ceramic sides, run electricity through the sandwich, and you get a hot side and a cold side. You can heat and cool anything to within a 0.1° C of precision and flip the heat and cooling sides with a power switch. Among other things, Tellurex leads the industry in the Delta T — in other words, the difference between the hottest hot and the coldest cold output from a Tellurex module is better than our competitors.

“But more importantly, if you heat one side of the module and dissipate heat on the other, it produces electricity, with no moving parts, no noise, no emissions. It's totally green power generation. Locate our product next to anything that gives off heat, such as an automotive or diesel truck exhaust, and you can produce electricity without a parasitic belt making fuel demands on the engine. You get electrical power from waste heat. It sounds like magic.

“But, of course, it isn't. It's good science, and we believe that Tellurex is the best in the world at leveraging thermoelectric science across a broad array of markets,” McKenzie explained.