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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2019
Ohmiq, Inc., North Charleston, SC (US);
Jeremiah M. Callahan, Sullivan's Island, SC (US);
Eric J. Doesburg, Charleston, SC (US);
Gregory S. Lyon, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Michael J. Wieckowski, Charleston, SC (US);
Julie Klions, Charleston, SC (US);
Weston Scott Catron, Charleston, SC (US);
Kevin James Hammer, Charleston, SC (US);
Jesse Flynn, Johns Island, SC (US);
OhmIQ, Inc., North Charleston, SC (US);
Abstract
A heater for heating a conductive liquid includes a two-dimensional array of rod-like electrodes () extending parallel to one another, an electrical power supply having a plurality of poles, and power switches to connect different ones of the electrodes to different poles so that current flows between the poles through the liquid. The array desirably includes outer electrodes defining the boundary () of the array and inner electrodes disposed within this boundary. The array may have regular or irregular spacings between the electrodes. The array can provide numerous different connection schemes to vary the electrical resistance between the poles and thus vary the heating rate. The array can be arranged to provide substantially equal currents through three poles of a three-phase power supply.