Patent ID: 8687952
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: F24H,H05B

Abstract:
1. A heating apparatus comprising: a ceramic heater including a plurality of ceramic plates having a plate shape; and a housing including an inlet hole and an outlet hole, the housing in which the ceramic heater is installed, the outlet hole being disposed higher than the inlet hole, wherein the ceramic plates are disposed vertically in the housing in a parallel manner and the outlet hole is disposed in an upper portion of the housing such that when a fluid flows through a flow path formed along the ceramic plates, bubbles, generated by the fluid heated by the ceramic plates, ascend toward upper edges of the ceramic plates, wherein the ceramic plates are fixed to a fixing member disposed at a first side of the housing, wherein a gap is defined between upper ends of the ceramic plates and the housing such that the bubbles ascending towards the upper edges of the ceramic plates are placed in the gap before discharging through the outlet hole, thereby preventing the bubbles from contacting the ceramic plates, wherein the heating apparatus is inclined such that a side of the outlet hole is placed at the upper portion to allow the bubbles generated by the fluid by heating to be discharged through the outlet hole.