Patent ID: 8006432
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A device using a combustible fuel as a fuel source, the device comprising: a supporting frame; a combustion chamber mounted on said supporting frame and including, a catalyst element disposed downstream of said heat zone to create a carbon dioxide exhaust gas; and a heat exchanger element extending inwardly into the hollow interior space of the heat zone for conducting heat generated by the continuous combustion; an exhaust outlet for the carbon dioxide exhaust gas to flow outwardly therethrough to the environment; a heat sink configured to dissipate heat; and a thermoelectric element for generating electric current as heat transfers from a first side thereof to a second side thereof, the thermoelectric element having the first side disposed in contact with the combustion chamber and the second side disposed in contact with the heat sink to enable heat generated by the continuous combustion to be transferred to the heat sink via the thermoelectric element to generate the electric current, the thermoelectric element being electrically coupled to at least one other component supported on said frame to at least partially power said at least one other component.