Liquid heating appliance, paritciularly water heating appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020200435-A1
Application number	US-201816614974-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2018
Priority date	May 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 25, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrical liquid heating device, in particular water heating device, preferably for a motor vehicle, including at least a first conductive layer, in particular a first metal layer, a second conductive layer, in particular a second metal layer, and a polymer layer which contains a polymer component and a conductive carbon component and is arranged between the first and the second conductive layer, wherein liquid channels for conducting the liquid, in particular water, being heated are provided which extend from a first side of the polymer layer facing the first conductive layer to a second side of the polymer layer facing the second conductive layer.

First claim

1 . Electrical liquid heating device for a motor vehicle, comprising at least a first conductive layer, in particular a first metal layer, a second conductive layer, in particular a second metal layer, and a polymer layer which contains a polymer component and a conductive carbon component and is arranged between the first and the second conductive layer, wherein liquid channels for conducting the liquid, in particular water, being heated are provided which extend from a first side of the polymer layer facing the first conductive layer to a second side of the polymer layer facing the second conductive layer.

2 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one or more of the liquid channels extend(s) through the first and/or the second conductive layer.

3 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one or more of the liquid channels is formed at least sectionally by a pipe, wherein the respective pipe is preferably electrically insulated in respect of the electrically conductive layer.

4 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and/or second conductive layer comprise(s) a plate and/or has/have a thickness of at least 0.1 mm and/or at most 5.0 mm.

5 . Liquid heating device, in particular water heating device, according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and/or second conductive layer and/or the polymer layer is/are at least partially planar in design.

6 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the carbon component is present in particle form and/or as a carbon network.

7 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the carbon component is present in the form of soot and/or graphite and/or graphene and/or carbon fibres and/or carbon nano-tubes.

8 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polymer component is configured in the form of an electrically insulating polymer component and/or a first polymer partial component based on ethylene acetate or ethylene acrylate copolymer and/or ethylene acrylate or ethylene acrylate copolymer and/or a second polymer partial component based on polyolefin, and/or polyester and/or polyamide and/or fluoropolymer.

9 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polymer layer is preferably in contact via at least 20% of its side facing the first conductive layer—without taking into account fuel channel openings—with the first conductive layer and/or via at least 20% of its side facing the second conductive layer—without taking into account fuel channel openings—with the second conductive layer.

10 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polymer layer is a PTC resistor.

11 . Method for producing a liquid heating device according to claim 1 , wherein a polymer layer which contains a polymer component and a conductive carbon component is arranged between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer wherein liquid channels are provided for conducting the liquid to be heated which extend from a first side of the polymer layer facing the first conductive layer to a second side of the polymer layer facing the second conductive layer.

12 . Method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the polymer layer is applied in paste form to the first and/or second conductive layer.

13 . Method according to claim 11 ,
wherein openings for the liquid channels are introduced by laser cutting and/or stamping and/or produced using an extrusion and/or injection-moulding process.

14 . Method for operating a liquid heating device according to claim 1 , wherein liquid flows through the liquid channels and is thereby heated.

15 . (canceled)

16 . Liquid heating device according to claim 3 , wherein the pipe is an aluminium pipe.

17 . Liquid heating device according to claim 4 , wherein the plate is a metal plate, and/or a metal grid, and/or a metal strip.

18 . Liquid heating device according to claim 4 , wherein the plate has a thickness of at least 1.0 mm and/or at most 3.0 mm.

19 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer is preferably in contact via at least 80% of its side facing the first conductive layer—without taking into account fuel channel openings—with the first conductive layer and/or
via at least 80% of its side facing the second conductive layer—without taking into account fuel channel openings—with the second conductive layer.

20 . Liquid heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid is water.

21 . Liquid according to claim 8 , wherein the second polymer partial component is based on polyethylene and/or polypropylene.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Zoske Martin
• Ilchenko Volodomyr
• Strecker Uwe
• Meier Bengt
• Gerhardt Nikolaus
• Schwanecke Michael
• Fritsch Gerd

Classifications

• H05B2214/04

  Heating means manufactured by using nanotechnology · CPC title

• H05B3/146

  Conductive polymers, e.g. polyethylene, thermoplastics · CPC title

• H05B3/82

  Fixedly-mounted immersion heaters · CPC title

• F24H1/103

  with bare resistances in direct contact with the fluid · CPC title

• H05B2203/023

  Heaters of the type used for electrically heating the air blown in a vehicle compartment by the vehicle heating system · CPC title