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US 2013/0276770 A1Published application
Ceramic Heating Element
AssigneeBrown-Cravens-Taylor
InventorDennis Cravens
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Abstract
A heating element can comprise a ceramic material doped with various elements. The heating element can be heated by forcing a fuel to flow through the ceramic material, where the fuel interacts with the dopants. The interaction can produce energy in the form of heat. Inventive aspects of the present material include apparatus and methods for modulation of the heat energy, physical features providing for an increase in the rate of heat release, optimization of materials and material morphology for quantity and efficiency of heat release and provision for fueling and maintenance.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a main body of a material that is porous to a fuel susceptible to an electro-magnetic field, the material comprising a dopant;
- a plurality of field control points configured to generate driving fields that cause the fuel to move within the main body;
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- at least one interaction region in the main body configured to induce an interaction of the fuel with the dopant under influence of the driving field.
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