| 摘要 |
A fuel burner is provided that can provide both heat and electrical power to external applications, the burner comprising: (a) a main burner body including one or more burner ports; (b) a fuel inlet for providing the burner ports with fuel; (c) a heat transmitter, wherein a portion of the heat transmitter is located in the vicinity of one or more of the burner ports, such that it is heated by the burning of the burner port fuel at said burner port when the burner port fuel is ignited; (d) a fuel cell assembly that causes the generation of an electrical output when it is heated and supplied with fuel and oxidiser; (e) a fuel inlet for providing the fuel cell assembly with fuel; and (f) an oxidiser inlet for providing the fuel cell assembly with oxidiser; wherein a portion of the heat transmitter is located in the vicinity of the fuel cell assembly, such that when the heat transmitter is heated by the burning of the burner port fuel at the or each burner port when the burner port fuel is ignited, the fuel cell assembly is in turn heated by the heat transmitter; and wherein the fuel inlet for providing the burner ports with fuel provides the burner ports with fuel upstream of the fuel cell assembly. |
