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Thermoelectric devices have been investigated widely in order to transform a lowtemperature heat source to the electrical power. In this report, we proposed a knitted wire panel as a thermoelectric power generator. A thermocouple on the knitted wire panel was formed by knitting an alumel wire and a chromel wire(φ0.3mm).The knitted wire panel was set at a measurement system using a peltier coolingdevice, and electrical characteristics were measured. Additionally, we discuss here the characteristics of electrical power generation from the panel using a equivalent circuit model. As a result, electrical power from the panel increases linearly with increasing a number of thermocouple formed by wire knitting processonthe panel. It is considered that thermocouples can be formed easily by wires knitting process.
