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US 6,152,086 AGranted
Heating apparatus and method for operation thereof
AssigneeCooperatieve Inkoopvereniging
InventorsJohan Derk Brouwer, Wim Benschop, Paulus Albertus De Bruin
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Abstract
Apparatus for heating fluid, comprising a first supply for supplying fuel, a second supply for supplying oxidizing agent, a burner for combusting fuel and oxidizing agents after mixing thereof and a first heat exchanger to be heated by flue gases of the burner and arranged belically round the burner.
Claims17
Apparatus for heating fluid, comprising:
- a first fuel supply for supplying fuel;
- a second supply for supplying oxidizing agent;
- a burner connected for receiving fuel and oxidizing agent and mixing them and for combusting fuel and oxidizing agents after mixing thereof;
- a heat exchanger positioned to be heated by flue gases produced by the burner, the heat exchanger comprising a pipe arranged helically around the burner and
- a jacket provided with openings therethrough, the jacket and its openings being arranged around the helical heat exchanger for enabling exit of flue gases from within to without the jacket past the heat exchanger.
2 more elements
Apparatus as claimed in clain 4, further comprising a reservoir for temporarily storing heated water, wherein the reservoir includes a second heat exchanger which is operationally coupled to the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.