Patent ID: 9745890
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F02B,F23C,F23D,F23L,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A heater for a vehicle, the heater comprising: a precombustion chamber; a fuel supply which supplies hydrocarbon fuel to the precombustion chamber; a primary combustion air supply which supplies combustion air to the precombustion chamber; a catalyst arrangement disposed downstream of the precombustion chamber for receiving precombustion products from the precombustion chamber and for producing a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide by means of partial catalytic oxidation; a main combustion chamber downstream of the catalyst arrangement for receiving the gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the catalyst arrangement; and a secondary combustion air supply which supplies combustion air to the main combustion chamber, wherein said main combustion chamber is free of an ignition element.