Heating device for a vehicle and method of operating the heating device
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorsDaniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Michael Staake
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Abstract
The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising:—a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a fluid heat transport means and—an electrical heating arrangement (25) for heating the heat transport means on a heating section of the flow path. According to the invention, the heating section has at least two channels (20) running in a serpentine pattern, through which the heat transport means can flow in parallel. The invention further relates to a method for operating a heating device (10).
Claims15
A heating device for a vehicle, said heating device comprising
- a flow path for a liquid heat transport medium, and
- an electric heating unit for heating the heat transport medium in a heating section of the flow path, said heating section including at least two serpentine channels through which the heat transport medium flows in parallel.
A method of operating a heating device in a vehicle, said method comprising:
- heating a liquid heat transport medium flowing simultaneously through at least two serpentine channels of a heating device, said channels being parallel to each other, the heat transport medium being heated by an electric heating unit of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.