Patent ID: 8565588
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
1. Method of heating a fluid containing dipolar particles, such as molecules or clusters of molecules, whereby the fluid is exposed to an electric field in a heat generator and its particles are oriented according to their charge as a result, and the particles are additionally subjected to voltage pulses, causing the short-range order of the particles to be destroyed, and the particles of the fluid may be displaced in a resonance vibration by means of the voltage pulses, after which the short-range order can be re-combined in pulse pauses or externally to the heat generator, thereby releasing or generating thermal energy, wherein the heat generator includes a housing made from a dielectric material, the housing comprising a housing casing, a housing base and a housing cover, with at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice for the fluid, and at least one anode and at least one cathode are disposed at a distance from one another in the housing, wherein the at least one anode and the at least one cathode are each electrically connected to a pole of at least one pulse generator, wherein the distance between the at least one anode and the at least one cathode is variable, wherein in order to set the distance between the at least one anode and the at least one cathode, the at least one anode and/or at least one cathode is retained by an adjusting mechanism, and wherein at least one radially disposed orifice is provided in the adjusting mechanism for discharging the fluid to an anode chamber in the region of the at least one anode.