Patent ID: 6393824
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F02G,F24H,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
A gas-operated heater comprising:a heater housing into which combustion air is introduced from the surroundings; a burner; a blower having a downstream mixing device, the blower supplying a gas-air mixture to the burner, the blower taking in combustion air from the heater housing and gas supplied to the mixing device; a thermoelectric energy converter situated in the heater housing, the energy converter converting heat generated by the burner into electrical energy, a first part of the energy converter being cooled; and a pot-shaped cooling tank having a bottom area for receiving combustion air from the surroundings, the cooling tank surrounding the first part of the energy converter, the cooling tank heaving an open top, combustion air heated by the first part of the energy converter flowing into the heater housing via the open top of the cooling tank.