Cooker with thermoelectric generation
First Claim
1. A combustion device, comprising:
- a housing;
a fire basket being disposed within said housing and comprising a bottom region and a lateral region being coupled with the bottom region and defining a central combustion chamber; and
a thermoelectric generator being disposed about a periphery of said fire basket and comprising a cold side heat sink being cooled via exterior air available outside said housing and a hot side heat sink being in direct thermal communication with the periphery of said fire basket,wherein said thermoelectric generator generates electrical power based upon a thermal differential between the cold side heat sink and the hot side heat sink.
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Abstract
A combustion cooker with an integrated and optionally removable thermoelectric generator and methods for making and using the same. The combustion cooker can include a fire basket that comprises a bottom region and a lateral region that is coupled with the bottom region and that defines a central combustion chamber. Being disposed about a periphery of the fire basket, the thermoelectric generator can include a cold side heat sink and a hot side heat sink. The cold side heat sink can be cooled via exterior air available outside the housing; whereas, the hot side heat sink can be in direct thermal communication with the periphery of the fire basket. Thereby, the thermoelectric generator advantageously can generate electrical power based upon a thermal differential between the cold side heat sink and the hot side heat sink.
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19 Claims
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1. A combustion device, comprising:
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a housing; a fire basket being disposed within said housing and comprising a bottom region and a lateral region being coupled with the bottom region and defining a central combustion chamber; and a thermoelectric generator being disposed about a periphery of said fire basket and comprising a cold side heat sink being cooled via exterior air available outside said housing and a hot side heat sink being in direct thermal communication with the periphery of said fire basket, wherein said thermoelectric generator generates electrical power based upon a thermal differential between the cold side heat sink and the hot side heat sink. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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