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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
James Ping Huang, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Ching-fen Tsai, Cypress, CA (US);
Han V. Nguyen, Buena Park, CA (US);
Mark Allen Cleveland, Westminster, CA (US);
Jimmy M. Quiambao, Walnut, CA (US);
James Ping Huang, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Ching-Fen Tsai, Cypress, CA (US);
Han V. Nguyen, Buena Park, CA (US);
Mark Allen Cleveland, Westminster, CA (US);
Jimmy M. Quiambao, Walnut, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile device for generating electrical power may include a combustion chamber and a heat sink. A TEC module is in thermal communication with the combustion chamber and the heat sink to transfer thermal energy from the combustion chamber to the heat sink. A heat flux across the TEC module causes electrical power to be generated. The mobile device may also include a fuel delivery system to feed fuel into the combustion chamber. A control system may be included to at least monitor and control delivery of fuel to the combustion chamber by the fuel delivery system and to control a temperature gradient across the TEC module to control the electrical power produced by the thermal-to-electric energy conversion device.