摘要 |
In order to reduce emissions from a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, the cooling liquid of the internal combustion engine is heated by a heat generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine as long as the working temperature of the internal combustion engine is below a predetermined value. The heat generator includes a driven rotor and a stator, in which the rotor when rotated induces electric currents that generate heat. The rotor includes a soft magnetic material and supports a plurality of permanent magnets, which generate a magnetizing field of the rotor. The stator has a ring of non-magnetic, electrically conductive material. The ring is arranged along the periphery of the rotor such that the magnetizing field of the rotor passes through the ring. A chamber which likewise extends along the periphery of the rotor and of which the stator is at least part, permits the circulation of a liquid for absorbing the heat generated in the stator ring, when the rotor is driven to rotate. |