A heat generator and method of generating heat using electrically energised fluid

摘要

A heat generator and method for generating heat is described. The heat generator includes an electric fluid heater operable to receive fluid and to heat the fluid by passing electric current through the fluid, which by virtue of the fluid's resistive properties the fluid will heat up. The heat generator further includes a fluid receptacle within a heat exchanger to receive heated fluid from the electric fluid heater and to transfer the heated fluid to a substance via the heat exchanger, wherein the substance to be heated is in proximity to the heat exchanger. The method includes pumping fluid to an electric fluid heater which heats the fluid by passing electric current through the fluid, which by virtue of its resistive properties the fluid will heat up. The method further includes pumping heated fluid from the electric fluid heater into a fluid receptacle within a heat exchanger, wherein the fluid receptacle transfers heat from the heated fluid via a heat exchanger to a substance which is in proximity to the heat exchanger.