A combustion apparatus includes a burner and a heat shield plate. The heat shield plate includes a main plate portion located on a lateral side of a flame formation region above the burner to erect, a stepped portion protruding from a lower end of the main plate portion toward the burner and set at approximately the same height as that of a flame hole surface of the burner, and air passage holes provided in the stepped portion. The main plate portion is provided with a facing wall portion which protrudes from a middle part of the main plate portion in a vertical height direction thereof toward the flame formation region and faces the air passage holes so as to be subjected to a collision with air travelling upward from the air passage holes. This configuration allows the heat shield plate to be properly cooled/protected, while reducing consumed air.

A heat exchanger for hot water supply (21) is comprised of: a first heat exchanging unit (21) a that heats the water, which is supplied from a second communication section x.sub.1 to the hollow portions of hollow plates P.sub.1 to P.sub.5 and reaches a first communication section y, by a combustion exhaust gas that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P.sub.1 to P.sub.5; and a second heat exchanging unit (21b) that heats the water, which is supplied from the first communication section y to the hollow portions of the hollow plates P.sub.6 to P.sub.8 below the hollow plates P.sub.1 to P.sub.5 and reaches a third communication section x.sub.2, by a heat medium that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P.sub.6 to P.sub.8.

A vehicle heater heat exchanger arrangement (10) includes: a pot-like heat exchanger housing (12) with a first bottom wall (18) in a first axial end area (16) and with a first circumferential wall (20) adjoining the first bottom wall and enclosing a longitudinal axis (L); and a pot-like outer heat exchanger housing (14) with a second bottom wall (22) in the first axial end area and with a second circumferential wall (24) adjoining the second bottom wall and enclosing the longitudinal axis. The inner heat exchanger housing and the outer heat exchanger housing are connected to one another in a second axial end area (26) and a fluid flow space (34) is formed between the inner heat exchanger housing and the outer heat exchanger housing. The second axial end area has an outwardly open recess (60) defined by the inner heat exchanger housing or/and by the outer heat exchanger housing.

An example electrically powered fluid cooler can include: a housing with a receptacle into which a container including a fluid is received, the receptacle including a bottom and a side; a power source; and one or more Thermal Electric Cooler (TEC) units, with at least a first TEC unit of the one or more TEC units being positioned at the side or the bottom of the receptacle.

A heat exchange cell is described comprising a containment casing (11) comprising a rear wall (11d), a front wall (22) and a peripheral side wall (11c), a helically-shaped heat exchanger (13) comprising at least one tubular duct for the flow of a first heat transfer fluid coiled about a longitudinal axis of the helix according to a plurality of coils and mounted in the containment casing (11); a feeding zone of a second heat transfer fluid, intended for the heat exchange with the first heat transfer fluid, defined in the casing (11) coaxially and internally with respect to the heat exchanger (13); a first chamber (15) for collecting the second heat transfer fluid externally defined with respect to the heat exchanger (13) between a radially outer wall thereof and the peripheral side wall (11c) of the containment casing (11); and a second chamber (16) for collecting the second heat transfer fluid at least partially delimited by at least one separating element (14). The separating element (14) is mounted at an axially external position with respect to the heat exchanger (13) in such a way as to define the second chamber (16) for collecting the second heat transfer fluid between the separating element (14), the peripheral side wall (11c) and the rear wall (11d) or the front wall (22) of the containment casing (11); in this way, the first (15) and the second (16) collection chambers are in fluid communication with each other by means of at least one passage (17a, 17a, 17b-17g; 14e) configured to allow a flow of the second heat transfer fluid substantially in parallel to the peripheral side wall (11c) of the casing (11) and in proximity thereto. The separating element (14) comprises a heat exchange portion in contact with at least one portion of an end coil of the heat exchanger (13) and configured to allow a heat exchange between the coil-shaped portion of the heat exchanger (13) and the second collection chamber (16), while the heat exchange cell (10) further comprises at least one second passage (35) allowing a fluid outlet from the second collection chamber (16) peripherally defined in the second chamber (16) between an axial end (11g) of the peripheral side wall (11c) and the rear wall (11d) or the front wall (22) of the containment casing (11).

A jacket for a hot water heater appliance includes a top, bottom, front, back, and a fastener. The top is configured to insulate an upper portion of a hot water tank. The bottom is configured to insulate a lower portion of the hot water tank. The front is configured to insulate a front portion of the hot water tank. The back is configured to insulate a back portion of the hot water tank. The fastener is configured to releaseably fasten the front to the back. The top, bottom, front and back include expanded polypropylene (EPP) configured to provide insulation to the hot water tank.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a hydronic heating system utilized to heat a mobile living unit. The mobile living unit may include a bottom floor and a raised floor separated by a conditioned basement which funnels cold air from the conditioned basement through a convector. The convector heats the air causing the air to rise through the walls in the mobile living unit. The warm air is then released out through one or more vents in the walls into the interior living space of the mobile living unit.

A modular water heater tank design is provided that enhances the longevity and efficiency of domestic hot water heaters. Interchangeable upper and lower pans allow the water tank to be inverted after several years of continuous use. By repositioning the pans, the thermal stress and temperature gradients experienced by the tank are significantly reduced, thereby extending its operational life. Additionally, the salt precipitation within the tank is removed from new lower pan, ensuring improved heat absorption and preventing premature corrosion.

An air-conditioning apparatus for air conditioning indoor environments has a containment structure having a casing delimiting a first compartment and a second compartment. A pellet stove configured to operate in heating mode and provided with a first duct for movement of combustion air in input to the pellet stove is housed inside the first compartment. A monoblock portable heat pump configured to operate in heating and/or cooling mode and provided with a second duct for movement of heated air in output from the monoblock portable heat pump is housed inside the second compartment.

An installation device having power-engineering or building-services-engineering modules, and a method therefor, includes at least two side walls and a removable front cover, which enclose stackable modules. The side walls have a frame, two longitudinal rails arranged therein, and a transverse rail. The longitudinal rails are arranged along the corners of the modules remaining in the device for servicing of a module, in order to secure the one or more modules arranged above the module to be serviced. The two frames are arranged along two longitudinal rails on the front side and can be connected, via pulleys attached to the upper frame segment, to the transverse rails, on which the module to be serviced rests, so that the module is removable from the installation device once the one or more modules arranged above the module to be serviced are secured to the longitudinal rails.