公开(公告)号：US20210179948A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17268790

申请日：2019-08-15

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Kiara Aenne KOCHENDOERFER ,  Heinrich LAIB ,  Andrey SHUSTOV ,  Heinz-Juergen KUEHN ,  Eric JENNE ,  Reiner JACOB

IPC: C10G9/36 ,  H05B3/42 ,  H05B3/00 ,  H05B1/02 ,  F16L53/37 ,  C10G35/02 ,  B01J19/00

Abstract: A device (110) for heating a fluid is proposed. The device comprises at least one electrically conductive pipeline (112) and/or at least one electrically conductive pipeline segment (114) for receiving the fluid, and at least one DC current and/or DC voltage source (126), wherein respectively one DC current or DC voltage source (126) is assigned to each pipeline (112) and/or each pipeline segment (114), said DC current and/or DC voltage source being connected to the respective pipeline (112) and/or the respective pipeline segment (114), wherein the respective DC current and/or DC voltage source (126) is embodied to produce an electric current in the respective pipeline (112) and/or in the respective pipeline segment (114), said electric current warming up the respective pipeline (112) and/or the respective pipeline segment (114) by Joule heating, which arises when the electric current passes through conductive pipe material, for the purposes of heating the fluid.