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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Hotze Bernhard De Vries, Eindhoven, NL;
Ytsen Wielstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder, Eindhoven, NL;
Nienke Cornelie De Vries-Arentsen, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for heating a liquid in a heater having a heating element and a counter electrode includes the acts of (i) heating the liquid in the heater by heating the heating element to a temperature in the range of 120-250° C., and (ii) applying an AC potential difference between the heating element and the counter electrode. The AC potential difference varies with an AC frequency in the range of 200-2500 Hz and has an amplitude in the range of 1-5 V, and the liquid flows in the heater between the heating element and the counter electrode.