Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Xiaoming Jia

Tang Pong Har

Adeline Teo

A steam generating apparatus () is described, comprising a boiler () provided with electric heating means () and current controlling means () for controlling the current in the heating means; the apparatus further comprising at least one temperature sensor () and a pressure sensor (); the apparatus being capable of generating steam at a variable steam output rate; wherein the controlling means () are designed, at a relatively low steam output rate setting, to control the current in the heating means on the basis of a temperature measurement signal (T) from the temperature sensor (), and wherein the controlling means () are designed, at a relatively high steam output rate setting, to control the current in the heating means on the basis of pressure.

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