Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
392311000 | Fluid-in-circuit type heater | 28 |
20100111509 | PLANAR HEATER STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING PLANAR HEATER STACK WITH CAVITY WITHIN PLANAR HEATER SUBSTRATA ABOVE SUBSTRATE - A heater stuck includes first strata having a planar configuration supporting and forming a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of fluid ejection from an ejection chamber above the heater element and second strata having a planar configuration coating the heater element of the first strata and being contiguous with the ejection chamber to protect the heater element. The first strata include a substrate and heater strata disposed on it and forming a cavity above the substrate and encompassed on three sides by the heater substrata. The heater substrata includes a pair of conductive layer portions constituting terminal leads disposed on the substrate at opposite sides of the cavity and a resistive layer disposed on the conductive layer portions and defining the fluid heater element that spans the top of the cavity. | 05-06-2010 |
20110008026 | MOLECULAR HEATER AND METHOD OF HEATING FLUIDS - An electrical liquid heating system and method of heating a liquid includes providing at least two spaced apart electrical conductors and applying an electrical energy source to the conductors. A liquid is directed into contact with the conductors thereby delivering electrical energy to the liquid. Electrical energy is delivered to the liquid at a power level that is sufficient to generate an electrical current to produce resistive heating of the liquid. The electrical energy may be delivered to the liquid at a power level that is sufficient to break at least some molecular bonds of molecules defining the liquid. A regulator may be provided for regulating delivery of electrical energy to the liquid. | 01-13-2011 |
20140064712 | METHOD FOR PHYSICALLY PROCESSING AND/OR HEATING MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR LIQUIDS, AND AN APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for physically working and/or heating media, in particular liquids. The high expenditure of energy of the known methods can be avoided, with reduced environmental impact, by the hydrodynamically worked medium being exposed to polar and/or ionic electrochemical potentials and electrochemical signals RC AC | 03-06-2014 |
392312000 | Method | 6 |
20100040352 | Rapid Liquid Heating - A device for heating a liquid includes a tank, electrodes, and a conductive liquid. The tank holds the conductive liquid and the electrodes. The electrodes are connected to provide current flowing in the conductive liquid. The device also includes an electrolytic material supply vessel for holding the electrolytic material. The electrolytic material supply vessel is switchably connected for providing the electrolytic material to the tank. The device also includes an electrical parameter sensor for detecting a parameter of electrical energy dissipated in the conductive liquid. The device also includes a controller connected to automatically add the electrolytic material to the conductive liquid if the electrical parameter sensor detects the electrical parameter differing from a set point. | 02-18-2010 |
20100074602 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED HEATING OF FLUID - An apparatus for heating fluid, includes a preheat reservoir having at least one pair of reservoir electrodes between which an electric current can be passed through fluid in the preheat reservoir, to heat fluid in the reservoir to a preheat temperature, the preheat temperature being less than a desired output fluid temperature of the apparatus; and an outflow temperature boost passage through which fluid from the preheat reservoir flows to an outlet of the apparatus, the outflow temperature boost passage having at least one pair of outflow electrodes between which an electric current can be passed through fluid in the outflow temperature boost passage, to heat fluid dynamically in the outflow temperature boost passage to the desired output fluid temperature. | 03-25-2010 |
20110019980 | Integrated Boiler Component Wiring Assembly and Method - An integrated wiring assembly electrically connects components of a multi-zone boiler heating system. The integrated wiring assembly includes a plurality of connection terminals which are commonly connected to facilitate connecting thermostats and zone valves for each zone, end switches of each zone valve to a start switch of the boiler, and a transformer to supply electrical power to the components, in such a way that the complexity of the electrical connections is simplified. | 01-27-2011 |
20120328269 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF CORROSIVE GASES - A device for thermal treatment of corrosive gases includes a chamber for heating gases in which there are at least four heating elements or four groups of heating elements including an electrically conductive material, wherein each heating element or group is connected to a separately regulatable and/or controllable subsystem of an electrical energy network and can thereby be heated by direct current flow, wherein each heating element or group can be controlled or regulated with respect to at least one either identical or different value of a parameter selected from the group consisting of temperature, heating power, current, voltage and resistance, or with respect to another heating element process variable, which can be influenced by the device, and wherein at least four regulatable and/or controllable subsystems are DC-isolated from ground potential. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for the thermal treatment of corrosive gases. | 12-27-2012 |
20130129327 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID HEATING OF FLUID - A heat generator and method for generating heat is described and includes an electric fluid heater for receiving fluid and for heating the fluid by passing electric current through the fluid, which heats the fluid by virtue of the fluids resistive properties. A fluid receptacle within a heat exchanger receives heated fluid from the electric fluid heater and transfers the heated fluid to a substance via the heat exchanger, wherein the substance is in proximity to the heat exchanger. The method includes pumping fluid to an electric heater which heats the fluid by passing electric current through the fluid for heating the fluid through resistive properties. The method further includes pumping heated fluid from the electric fluid heater into a fluid receptacle within a heat exchanger, wherein the fluid receptacle transfers heat from the heated fluid via a heat exchanger to a substance in proximity to the heat exchanger. | 05-23-2013 |
20150323174 | Solid Oxide High Temperature Electrolysis Glow Discharge Cell - A system and method for producing steam from an electrically conductive fluid includes: (a) a glow discharge cell, (b) a fluid source, a pump or a valve, and (c) a DC electrical power supply. The glow discharge cell includes an electrically conductive cylindrical vessel having first and second ends, and at least one inlet and one outlet. A hollow electrode is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the vessel and extends at least from the first end to the second end of the vessel. First and second insulators seal the first and second ends, respectively, of the vessel around the hollow electrode and maintain a substantially equidistant gap between the vessel and the hollow electrode. A non-conductive granular material is disposed within the gap. An electric glow discharge is created whenever the cell is connected to the electrical power supply, and the electrically conductive fluid is introduced into the gap. | 11-12-2015 |
392314000 | Continuous flow of fluid being heated | 9 |
20090074389 | HEATER DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD FOR GENERATING HEAT - A method for generating heat includes passing a liquid between electrodes connected to an alternating current power supply. The liquid must have a sufficient level of electrolytes or dissolved minerals so as to be effectively heated. The level of current applied to the electrodes is preferably monitored and controlled. Exothermic, electrochemical reactions occur within the liquid and at the surface of the electrodes. More particularly, the electrodes are comprised of a material that can be oxidized, and the oxidation process during operation of the heater supplies additional current to heat the liquid. | 03-19-2009 |
20120224836 | Electro-thermal heating system - An electro-thermal heating system comprising a substantially hollow housing having detachable upper and lower plates for covering and sealing top and bottom surfaces of the housing. The housing has an inlet and an outlet for a flow of coolant to enter into and leave the housing, and has openings defined therein, for insertion of electric heating elements therein to project into the housing and be in direct contact with the coolant to heat it. The inlet and the outlet can be interconnected with piping to form a closed fluid flow circuit. The housing is substantially circular, to circulate flow of the coolant in a circular manner within the housing, and a diameter of the inlet is greater than a diameter of the outlet, to keep coolant in the housing longer to heat it. A pump and a power source can be interconnected to the system to circulate the coolant in the closed fluid flow circuit. | 09-06-2012 |
20130315574 | CONTINUOUS HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEATING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID - A method is provided for heating an electrically conductive fluid, including steps of: (i) circulating the fluid in a circuit from an inlet to an outlet, through an inlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a first average direction and an outlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a second average direction substantially opposite to the first direction; (ii) subjecting the fluid to a specific ohmic heating while the fluid flows through the outlet path; and (iii) transferring heat from the fluid flowing through the outlet path to the fluid flowing through the inlet path by thermal conduction through an at least partially first electrically insulated partition wall. An associated heating device is also provided. | 11-28-2013 |
392315000 | With means to adjust current path between electrodes | 2 |
20120308212 | DEVICE FOR HEATING A FLUID - The invention relates to a device ( | 12-06-2012 |
392316000 | Responsive to condition of fluid | 1 |
20140321836 | ELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEM, A CONTROL HEAD AND A HEATING LIQUID - A heating system to heat a main heating circulation comprises an electric heater, a control head, a heat exchanger, a pump, and a plurality of tubes. The electric heater is adapted to heat a primary heating liquid by applying an electric current directly to the primary heating liquid. The control head is adapted to determine a temperature and a pressure of the primary heating liquid. The heat exchanger comprises a first liquid passage for the primary heating liquid and a second liquid passage for a secondary heating liquid in the main heating circulation. The second liquid passage is in thermal contact with the first liquid passage to heat the secondary heating liquid while cooling the primary heating liquid. The tubes connect the electric heater, the control bead, the heat exchanger and the pump to define a circulation for the primary heating liquid. The pump is adapted to pump the primary heating liquid such that heat is transferred from the heater via the heat exchanger into said the heating circulation. | 10-30-2014 |
392318000 | Current control means | 4 |
20120281973 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROL CIRCUIT OF A HEATING LINE AND A TEMPERATURE-CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A temperature-control circuit of a heating line and a temperature-control method thereof are disclosed. The method comprises steps of: outputting a forward square-wave signal by a first forward square-wave signal generation circuit; outputting a reverse square-wave signal by a reverse square-wave signal generation circuit; and outputting a varied forward square-wave signal by a second forward square-wave signal generation circuit. Above square-wave signal generation circuits are respectively connected with an AND gate. When the input square-wave signals are simultaneously logic high, a switch is triggered by a trigger circuit to heat the heating wire. When the heating wire's temperature increases, the forward square-wave signal output by the second forward square-wave signal generation circuit is changed so as to render these input square-wave signals non-simultaneously logic high and not to trigger the switch in order to stop the heating wire's heating and keep the heating wire at a certain temperature range. | 11-08-2012 |
20140233926 | ELECTRIC FLUID HEATER AND METHOD OF ELECTRICALLY HEATING FLUID - An electric fluid heater includes a body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and defines a fluid passage between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. At least two heating assemblies are disposed in the body and arranged in parallel, each heating assembly including at least two electrodes configured to heat fluid by passing alternating electric current through the fluid; wherein the at least two heating assemblies are arranged in the body so that fluid flowing through the fluid passage flows simultaneously through the at least two heating assemblies. Corresponding heating methods and heating systems employing such heaters and methods are also disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20160109151 | HEATING SYSTEM COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A heating system component for a heating system for heating a fluid medium is provided. The heating system component includes: a carrier unit comprising a wet side, wherein said wet side corresponds to a surface of said carrier unit configured to be in contact with said fluid medium; and a heating unit. The heating unit may be coupled to the carrier unit via soldering, laser welding, gluing, ultrasonic welding, and/or friction welding. The carrier unit may comprise aluminum. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109152 | HEATING SYSTEM COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A heating system component for a heating system for heating a fluid medium is provided. The heating system component includes: a carrier unit comprising a wet side, wherein said wet side corresponds to a surface of said carrier unit configured to be in contact with said fluid medium; and a heating unit. The heating unit may be coupled to the carrier unit via soldering, laser welding, gluing, ultrasonic welding, and/or friction welding. The carrier unit may comprise aluminum. | 04-21-2016 |
392322000 | With reservoir or tank | 2 |
20140270723 | ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC RESONANCE HEATER - An apparatus for heating a liquid includes an electro-acoustic resonator disposed inside a container. The electro-acoustic resonator includes a concave rigid emitter and a substantially hollow receiver spaced closely apart from and mounted in the emitter. The emitter may be configured in the form of a hemisphere, and the receiver in the form of generally spherical bladder containing a free-moving sold mass in a gas. The container may be in the form of a cylinder. During operation, an AC power source is applied to the emitter and the receiver is wired to ground. The resonator generates acoustical energy, heating a liquid (e.g., water) as it flows through the container. | 09-18-2014 |
20150316253 | ELECTRODE BOILER WITH ELECTRODES UNIT - The invention relates to heat engineering, power engineering and the field of electric heating of liquids, water for instance; it can be used in circulation water heating systems and hot water supply, and as a universal device for diverse electric heaters. An object of the invention are to enhance the ease of fabrication, fabricability, and operability for block electrodes and electrode heating boilers on the whole, to increase the reliability of device both in static and dynamic modes ones. The invention meets an object of extended performance capabilities, versatility and flexibility of the device, potential diversification and enhancement of adaptability in solving particular problems. Moreover, the invention allows improvement of convection in water heating boilers and reduction of uniformity of sludge and rust deposition on electrodes thus increasing the heater effective performance time. The invention object comprises an improvement of protection against breakdowns between the electrodes as well, phase current load imbalance reduction, electrode protection against non-uniform deformation during operation in dynamic conditions. It is also an object of the invention to extend i the range of constructional capacity control without design and dimensional changes. FIG. | 11-05-2015 |
392324000 | Steam or vapor generator | 7 |
20080279539 | Steam Generator Comprising a Swirling Device - The invention relates to a steam generator ( | 11-13-2008 |
20110170844 | Steam Generator - A method of generating steam by moving at least a portion of an electrically conductive fluid body along a curved path, passing an electrical current through at least a portion of the fluid body that is moving along the curved path, and vaporizing at least a portion of the fluid body. A steam generating apparatus having a first hydrocyclone configured to promote a rotational kinetic characteristic of a fluid body introduced into the first hydrocyclone and a plurality of electrodes configured to deliver an electrical current to the fluid body. A method of servicing a wellbore by providing a fluid body with rotational kinetic characteristics, passing an electrical current through the fluid body to heat the fluid body, converting liquid of the fluid body to vapor, and delivering the vapor to the wellbore. | 07-14-2011 |
20150300629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HUMIDITY - Humidity control method and apparatus are disclosed. The humidity control apparatus may include a water holding tank for holding water therein, a nozzle positioned adjacent to the water holding tank for escape of the water therethrough, a first electrode connected to the nozzle, and a second electrode positioned opposite to the first electrode. The humidity control apparatus may include a first electrical power control unit for applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first insulator formed on the second electrode. | 10-22-2015 |
392325000 | Line connected boiler | 2 |
20090022484 | Steam generator - A steam generator includes a tank having an inlet in a lower part for feeding a fluid, and an outlet in an upper part for discharging a vapor-liquid two phase flow. A heating unit heats the fluid in the tank thereby producing the vapor-liquid two phase flow. A porous cylindrical member projects from the outlet into an inside of the tank and functions as a rectifying unit that homogenizes vapor-liquid distribution in the vapor-liquid two phase flow before the vapor-liquid two phase flow is discharged from the outlet. | 01-22-2009 |
392326000 | Control of electrode immersion level | 1 |
20080317447 | DETECTION OF DEPOSITS IN STEAM HUMIDIFIERS - A humidifier configured to determine when the humidifier requires cleaning. The humidifier includes a tank for containing water, a heater for heating the water in the tank to generate steam, and one or more water level sensors for detecting the level of water in the tank, including detecting water at first level and a second level, where the first level is lower than the second level. The humidifier further includes a drain valve for draining water from the tank and a controller. The controller is configured to open the drain valve to drain water from the tank, measure a time interval required for the water to drain from the second level to the first level, and compare the time interval against a threshold value. If the time interval exceeds the threshold value, then the controller is configured to provide an indication to clean the humidifier. Methods are also disclosed. | 12-25-2008 |
392333000 | Manually filled tank or container | 2 |
20100034526 | STEAM GENERATOR - The invention refers to a steam generator for household appliances. The steam generator comprises a container having an inlet for water and an outlet for steam, and an electrical heating element fixed to the container. The container comprises a first part and a second part which are connected along a joint such that a critical pressure inside the container causes a slit to appear in a predefined section of the joint, said slit providing a security vent for releasing pressure. | 02-11-2010 |
392336000 | Separate electrode compartment | 1 |
20130259454 | GARMENT STEAMER - An apparatus for generating steam comprised of a water reservoir chamber for holding a source of water, a steam chamber and a vertical partition there between. A water communication port is located at a vertical height within the vertical partition. The water communication port allows the source of water to pass from the water reservoir chamber to the steam chamber. A pair of electrodes is located in the steam chamber, the electrodes arranged to provide an electric current through water fed to the steam chamber. The vertical height determines a set level of water contacting the electrodes as the source of water is fed from the reservoir chamber to the steam chamber. Water feeding occurs as gas in the steam chamber is passed through the water communication port at periodic intervals and replaced by the source of water in the reservoir chamber to equalize pressure difference between the two chambers. | 10-03-2013 |
392338000 | Electrode details | 1 |
20110064392 | ELECTRIC STORAGE WATER HEATER WITH DOUBLE CATHODIC PROTECTION - An electric storage water heater with double cathodic protection includes a sacrificial anode ( | 03-17-2011 |