Patent ID: 9157634
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: F02M,F23K,F24H

Abstract:
1. A heater comprising: a fuel tank; an atomizing burner having a combustion chamber and nozzles that open into the combustion chamber; a supply line, in fluid communication with the fuel tank and the nozzles of the burner, the supply line transporting a volume of fuel from the tank to the nozzles of the burner; an inline heater provided in the supply line between the fuel tank and the burner, the inline heater comprising an electric heating element in thermal contact with the volume of fuel and an electrical source operably connected to the heating element; a fuel filter provided in the supply line between the inline heater and the burner; wherein the valve is configured to either purge air from the burner via the first outlet, or return at least half of the volume of fuel transported in the supply line via the second outlet, independent of operating temperature.