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US 2005/0087221 A1Published application
Heat conversion system
OwnerReza Shahinventor
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Abstract
An energy conversion system is provided for converting heat energy from a variety of heat sources to electric power for operating electrical appliances. The system may be incorporated in a power on demand pilot system of a gas operated equipment to provide the sole electric power for operating the equipment. Thermoelectric modules provide the basic transducer for converting the heat energy to electric power and a heat pipe is employed for conducting the heat energy from a heat source to the conversion system.
Claims14
A heat energy conversion system comprising,
- a transducer adapted to generate a basic voltage from a heat source,
- an inverter charger operative for increasing said basic voltage to an operating voltage having a predetermined voltage level,
- a charge storage means adapted for receiving said operating voltage from said inverter charger and for retaining said operating voltage therein,
- a control means operative to regulate charging operation of said charge storage means for maintaining said charge storage means at a fully charge condition all the time,
- a output means operative for delivering said operating voltage from said charge storage means to a load.
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A heat energy conversion system comprising,
- a thermopile located on an inner surface of a vertical heat conducting flue wall of a heating, cooling and venting equipment, said thermopile being operative for generating a basic voltage when said flue wall is heated,
- a pilot burner located in said equipment adapted to generate a pilot flame for heating an outer surface of said flue wall,
- an inverter charger operative for increasing said basic voltage to an operating voltage having a predetermined voltage level,
- a super capacitor coupled to said inverter charger and adapted to be charge by said inverter charger to store said operating voltage therein,
- a regulator means coupled to said super capacitor and operative to maintain said super capacitor fully charged,
- a pilot control valve coupled to said regulator means and operative to actuated said pilot burner to generate said pilot flame selectively in predetermined time intervals and at occasion when said operating voltage is required by a load.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.