The invention relates to heat engineering, power engineering and the field of electric heating of liquids, water for instance; it can be used in circulation water heating systems and hot water supply, and as a universal device for diverse electric heaters. An object of the invention are to enhance the ease of fabrication, fabricability, and operability for block electrodes and electrode heating boilers on the whole, to increase the reliability of device both in static and dynamic modes ones. The invention meets an object of extended performance capabilities, versatility and flexibility of the device, potential diversification and enhancement of adaptability in solving particular problems. Moreover, the invention allows improvement of convection in water heating boilers and reduction of uniformity of sludge and rust deposition on electrodes thus increasing the heater effective performance time. The invention object comprises an improvement of protection against breakdowns between the electrodes as well, phase current load imbalance reduction, electrode protection against non-uniform deformation during operation in dynamic conditions. It is also an object of the invention to extend i the range of constructional capacity control without design and dimensional changes. FIG. 2 provides a schematic of electrodes (1) arrangement on the basis (3) located on the inner case (2) side with electrodes (1) slightly deviating from the longitudinal symmetric axis of the case (2) and irregularly spaced on the basis, electrode longitudinal axes deviating from each other at small angles. (4)—outer electrode terminals (1).

A plasma heating apparatus including a boiler vessel for holding water to be heated, a cathode housed in the vessel, the cathode defining a watertight cathode chamber isolated from the water in the vessel, and, an anode housed in the cathode chamber, the anode including an internal passage for receiving a gas from outside of the vessel when the passage is connected to a gas supply, and wherein the anode is connectable to a power source for receiving power for generating a plasma in the cathode chamber. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a heat or power generating system or plant including the plasma heating apparatus.

An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an electrode boiler device configured to heat a fluid, the electrode boiler device includes a heating region formed such that electrolyzed water is disposed therein, and to have a length in one direction, a body part disposed in at least one region of an outer side of the heating region in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the heating region and formed to allow the fluid to be disposed therein to overlap the electrolyzed water, an electrode part having a plurality of electrodes formed to heat the electrolyzed water in the heating region, and a heat dissipation part disposed between the heating region and the body part.

An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an electrode boiler device configured to heat a fluid, the electrode boiler device including a heating part formed such that electrolyzed water is disposed therein, a body part formed such that the fluid is disposed therein to overlap the electrolyzed water in at least one region, an electrode part including a plurality of electrodes that are disposed in the heating part to overlap the fluid in the body part and formed to heat the electrolyzed water, and a heat dissipation part disposed between the heating part and the body part.

A plasma heating apparatus including a boiler vessel for holding water to be heated, a cathode housed in the vessel, the cathode defining a watertight cathode chamber isolated from the water in the vessel, and, an anode housed in the cathode chamber, the anode including an internal passage for receiving a gas from outside of the vessel when the passage is connected to a gas supply, and wherein the anode is connectable to a power source for receiving power for generating a plasma in the cathode chamber. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a heat or power generating system or plant including the plasma heating apparatus.

A system containing a device mounted to the flange of a tank style water heater while being connected to a AC power-source and thereby treating and heating the water, within a passage between electrodes in a core, simultaneously delivering bacteria free warm or hot improved water without limescale issues and being 20% to 30% more energy efficient. Furthermore, a method is describe using a pump to deliver the water to the device in connection with a control solution.

A washer tank according to an embodiment includes: a first container which stores a washer fluid and retains a temperature of the washer fluid; an inflow pipe through which the washer fluid flows into a storage space in the first container; an outflow pipe through which the washer fluid flows out of the first container from the storage space; and a heating portion which heats the washer fluid, in which all the inflow pipe, the outflow pipe, and the heating portion are disposed in a lower portion of the first container.

A storage-type water heater including a tank configured to contain a fluid, a powered anode at least partially disposed in the fluid, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a current measurement of the powered anode, determine whether the current measurement exceeds a maximum threshold, record, when the current measurement exceeds the maximum threshold, a plurality of tank potential measurements over a duration of time, determine, based on the recorded tank potential measurements, a predicted time to tank failure, and output an alert corresponding to the predicted time to tank failure.

The disclosure relates to an electric heating element for use in a water storage unit, comprising a metal attaching element for attaching the electric heating element on the water storage unit, an electrically operated heating element, an anode for cathodic corrosion protection, and an adjustable resistor element, wherein the heating element is electrically contacted with the attaching element and/or the water storage unit via the adjustable resistor element, and the heating element and the anode are arranged in physical proximity to one another on the attaching element.

Combustion engineering, fluid heating, for example, water heating, using electricity to generate steam. The body of the device has of two identical halvesthe upper and the lower. The material of the body is heat-resistant polymer containing one or more isotopes according to the general variant of body implementation. Each half of the body is made identical to the other half and has an elliptical cross-section.