This invention provides a portable
combustion device that provides a cleaner
combustion, reduces the kindling period, and provides a more efficient overall
combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of
airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar
cellulose-based biological solids. The combustion device has a
combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the
combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the
combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit. The opposing side of the TEG is also in contact with a
heat sink to remove heat from the TEG device through interaction with
ambient air that passes over the vanes from a port located along the side of the TEG housing. A motor and fan near the
heat sink to draw air away the
heat sink and aid in the cooling of the heat sink, and force air onto the combusting fuel through a plurality of
peripheral ports that connect with an
air space located between the inner and outer walls of the combustion chamber.