A flow-directing element for a heating apparatus, in particular a heating apparatus with an evaporator burner, having a body which comprises a laterally arranged inflow region on an underside of the flow-directing element, having a centrally arranged outflow region, which includes a through-passage from an underside of the flow-directing element to an upper side of the flow-directing element, the upper side being located opposite the underside, and having at least one guide element, which is arranged such that it allows flow to be guided from the inflow region to the outflow region.

An evaporator subassembly for mobile heating devices, in particular for a motor vehicle, having the following: an evaporator, an evaporator receptacle which is constructed to receive the evaporator, a glow plug and a combustion chamber, wherein the glow plug extends or is constructed to be extensible obliquely relative to a main surface of the evaporator into the combustion chamber.

A burner for a mobile fuel-operated heating device, in particular for a vehicle heating device, comprising:—an evaporator receiving body for receiving an evaporator assembly for distributing and evaporating liquid fuel and—at least one fuel supply line for supplying liquid fuel to the evaporator assembly, wherein the burner has a circumferential wall with a plurality of air supply openings, and the air supply openings are arranged in at least one row, said row extending in particular in the circumferential direction. The air supply openings in the at least one row comprise at least one first air supply opening with a first opening longitudinal axis, a first inlet surface, and a first outlet surface and at least one second air supply opening with a second opening longitudinal axis, a second inlet surface, and a second outlet surface The first opening longitudinal axis forms a first angle α1 relative to a circumferential wall normal of the first air supply opening, and the second opening longitudinal axis forms a second angle α2 relative to a circumferential wall normal of the second air supply opening.

A fuel connection unit (10) for a fuel-operated vehicle heater (18) includes a connection unit body (12), which can be arranged at a heater housing (16). A fuel release line connection area (32) connects a fuel release line leading to a combustion chamber. A fuel feed line connection area (46) projects from the connection unit body (12) for connecting a fuel feed line. At least one functional unit (50), for influencing the flow of fuel in a fuel flow volume (36) formed in the connection unit body (12), is provided in the connection unit body (12).

A burner for a mobile fuel-operated heating device, in particular for a vehicle heating device, comprising: —an evaporator receiving body for receiving an evaporator assembly for distributing and evaporating liquid fuel and—at least one fuel supply line for supplying liquid fuel to the evaporator assembly, wherein the burner has a circumferential wall with a plurality of air supply openings, and the circumferential wall has an increased thickness at least in a first region which surrounds one of the air supply openings in comparison to the thickness in a second region which lies between two air supply openings. The invention additionally relates to a mobile heating device and to a method for producing the evaporator receiving assembly.

A heating apparatus, in particular for recreational vehicles like campers or caravans, comprises a heating unit and two separate heat exchanging units, which are coupled to the heating unit in parallel with each other. The heating unit comprises one burner for each heat exchanging unit and one common single combustion air fan unit. The single combustion air fan unit is configured to supply both burners with combustion air, and the burners are configured to burn fuel gas or liquid further supplied to each of the burners together with the combustion air received from the single combustion air fan unit to get hot exhaust gasses. The heat exchanging units are configured to receive the exhaust gasses from the burners, and to transfer heat from the exhaust gasses to fluids to be heated, provided within the heat exchanging units. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a recreational vehicle with such a heating apparatus and methods for heating two distinct fluids with the above heating apparatus.

A heating apparatus, in particular for recreational vehicles like campers or caravans, comprises a heating unit and two separate heat exchanging units, which are coupled to the heating unit in parallel with each other. The heating unit comprises one burner for each heat exchanging unit, and at least one combustion air fan unit configured to supply the burners with combustion air. The burners are configured to burn fuel gas or liquid further supplied to each of the burners together with the combustion air received from the combustion air fan unit to get hot exhaust gasses. The heat exchanging units and are configured to receive the exhaust gasses from the burners, and to transfer heat from the exhaust gasses to fluids to be heated, provided within the heat exchanging units. The heat exchanging units are positioned in parallel with each other side by side on one side of the heating unit. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a recreational vehicle with such a heating apparatus.

A heating apparatus, in particular for recreational vehicles like campers or caravans, comprises a heating unit and at least one heat exchanging unit coupled to the heating unit. The heating unit comprises at least one burner and at least one combustion air fan unit. The combustion air fan unit is configured to supply the burner with combustion air. The burneris configured to burn fuel gas or liquid further supplied to the burnertogether with the combustion air received from the combustion air fan unitto get hot exhaust gasses. The heat exchanging unitis configured to receive the exhaust gasses from the burnerand to transfer heat from the exhaust gasses to a fluid to be heated, provided within the heat exchanging unit. The burnercomprises at least two nozzles configured to supply fuel gas or liquid to a combustion area in which the fuel gas or liquid is to be burned with the combustion air. Each of the nozzles is coupled to its own fuel gas or liquid valve to control the fuel gas or liquid supply for the nozzles independently of each other. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a recreational vehicle with such a heating apparatusand methods for starting and controlling the above heating apparatus.

The present invention relates to a burner system for providing thermal energy comprising an evaporator device for evaporating a liquid alcohol fuel, a burner air supply means, a burner device for burning a fuel mixture comprising vaporized fuel and burner air to provide an exhaust gas stream, a functions device for controlling the thermal energy of the exhaust gas flow, wherein the burner device provides the thermal energy for evaporation in the evaporator device during operation.

A burner device (190) comprising an air intake, a burner head (192) including an ignition device, a body section (196) defining a fluid flow channel between said air intake and said burner head (192), and a gas injector (205) for injecting combustible gas into said fluid flow channel. The burner head (192) is oriented such that its longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the channel is defined and in which fluid flows, in use, along said channel.