Global Patent Index - EP 4214443 A1

EP 4214443 A1 20230726 - HEATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Title (en)

HEATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Title (de)

HEIZSYSTEME UND -VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE CHAUFFAGE

Publication

EP 4214443 A1 20230726 (EN)

Application

EP 22707834 A 20220228

Priority

  • GB 202102818 A 20210226
  • GB 2022050527 W 20220228

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022180413A1] A heating system comprising: a liquid supply system; a cell configured to: receive liquid from the liquid supply system, provide heating thereof, and output heated fluid; a work extraction system configured to extract useable work from heated fluid output from the cell; wherein the cell comprises: (i) a housing arranged to define an internal portion for receiving liquid to be heated, and (ii) a plurality of electrodes configured to apply electrical energy to fluid in the internal portion; and wherein the electrodes are configured to apply electrical energy to said fluid in the internal portion to generate one or more bubbles of plasma for releasing energy into said fluid in the internal portion and the housing to provide heating of the fluid in the internal portion.

IPC 8 full level

F22B 1/30 (2006.01); F22B 1/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB IL KR US)

F01K 21/00 (2013.01 - GB KR); F22B 1/284 (2013.01 - IL KR US); F22B 1/30 (2013.01 - EP GB IL KR US); F24H 1/106 (2013.01 - GB KR US); F24H 9/1818 (2013.01 - GB KR US); F24H 9/2014 (2013.01 - GB KR); F24H 9/2028 (2013.01 - US); F22B 1/284 (2013.01 - EP); F24H 2250/10 (2013.01 - US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022180413 A1 20220901; AU 2022227978 A1 20230629; AU 2022227978 A9 20240530; CA 3202203 A1 20220901; CL 2023002502 A1 20240126; CN 116888406 A 20231013; EP 4214443 A1 20230726; GB 202102818 D0 20210414; GB 2604853 A 20220921; GB 2604853 B 20230405; IL 305220 A 20231001; JP 2024507040 A 20240216; KR 20230151099 A 20231031; PE 20240095 A1 20240116; US 2023408144 A1 20231221

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2022050527 W 20220228; AU 2022227978 A 20220228; CA 3202203 A 20220228; CL 2023002502 A 20230824; CN 202280015207 A 20220228; EP 22707834 A 20220228; GB 202102818 A 20210226; IL 30522023 A 20230815; JP 2023536897 A 20220228; KR 20237023719 A 20220228; PE 2023002404 A 20220228; US 202218034370 A 20220228