Patent ID: 7661661
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: F23C,F23D,F23L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An evaporator assembly unit for a vehicle heater or a reformer arrangement of a fuel cell system, the evaporator assembly unit comprising: a wall arrangement enclosing an evaporation chamber with a circumferential wall with a wall longitudinal axis and with a bottom wall; an air introduction shoulder provided at said bottom wall and extending in the direction of said wall longitudinal axis and with a plurality of air introduction openings; a porous evaporator medium provided on a side of said wall arrangement facing said evaporation chamber at least in some sections; and an auxiliary air opening arrangement having at least one auxiliary air introduction opening in said wall arrangement, at least one auxiliary air introduction opening being provided in said circumferential wall, said circumferential wall comprising two wall components which follow each other in the direction of said wall longitudinal axis, said two wall components being rigidly connected to one another, said auxiliary air introduction opening being formed by an intermediate space between said two wall components.