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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Jeffrey A. Mays, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Shinjiro Miyata, Malibu, CA (US);
Patrick E. Frye, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kyle Mays, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
An integrated combustor-thermoelectric generator and method for producing electrical power and/or for operating a pneumatic device. A thermoelectric generator includes a fuel and air mixture chamber with a combustor connected to the mixture chamber. The combustor including a longitudinal centerbody comprising a varying cross-sectional area along an axial length of the centerbody and a plurality of thermoelectric couples and/or modules disposed axially along sides of the centerbody. The thermoelectric generator can be paired with a DC air compressor for operating a pneumatic device by directing heated gases from the combustor to a plurality of thermoelectric couples and/or modules, and powering the air compressor with the thermoelectric couples and/or modules. The thermoelectric generator and DC compressor can be installed to a natural gas source at a well pad for operating a pneumatic device at the well pad.