Self powered pelletized fuel heating device

• US 20070221205A1
• Filed: 03/21/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Richard Landon
• Original Assignee: Richard Landon
• Inventors: Landon, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/384,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20070221205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 126/502
• CPC Class Codes: F23B 50/12 the fuel being fed to the combustion zone by free fall or by sliding along inclined surfaces, e.g. from a conveyor terminating above the fuel bed
• CPC Class Codes: F23M 20/00 Details of combustion chambers, not otherwise provided for , e.g. means for storing heat from flames
• CPC Class Codes: F23M 2900/13003 Energy recovery by thermoelectric elements, e.g. by Peltier/Seebeck effect, arranged in the combustion plant
• CPC Class Codes: F23M 2900/13004 Energy recovery by thermo-photo-voltaic [TPV] elements arranged in the combustion plant
• CPC Class Codes: F23N 2231/02 using electric energy accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: F23N 2239/02 Solid fuels
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/024 for pulverulent fuels

Abstract

A self powered pelletized fuel heating device comprising a thermal electric generator (TEG) unit therein powering a typical collection of low voltage system components including a storage power unit. Non-typically, the heating device requires no external power supply and relies on thermodynamic principles using the pelletized fuel as a heat source. The TEG is configured and positioned optimally for conventional operation and installation requirements without modification to normal form or function.

Claims

2-1. A stove in claim 1 wherein said thermal electric device is a Stirling principled device with said body comprising,

a heat head position at first said end in said burn chamber,

a cooled heat position at second said end,

a heated bore and cooled bore respectively placed in said heat head and said cooled head each containing respectively a loosely fitted hot gas piston and loosely fitted cold gas piston, each positioned to stroke inline with said bores,

a first rotary disk and second rotating disk axially fixed respectively aligned inline with said heated bore and said cooled bore,

a fixed pivot,

a linkage having segments rotationally joined together and to said hot gas piston and said cold gas piston and inline with said bores,

a voltage generator affixed axially to said second rotating disk,

a recharging wire attaching said voltage generator to said control circuit,

whereby when said fuel is fed by said transporting means into said burn chamber and ignited to produce heat and controlled to a sustain burn with said control circuit and said components,

whereby said thermal electric device operates to charge said battery through said wire and said control circuit.

3. A stove claimed in 2 and 3 wherein said body comprising,

a solar photovoltaic array plug,

a solar recharging wire connecting said solar photovoltaic array plug to said control circuit,

whereby said solar photovoltaic array plug attached to a typical external photovoltaic array and collects current during daylight operation to recharge said battery via said solar recharging wire and said control circuit.