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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 11/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01); F24C 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 11/00 (2013.01); F24C 15/32 (2013.01); F24C 15/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heating assembly is provided to reduce the pre-heat time of an oven. The heating assembly vaporizes a phase change fluid in an evaporator, allows the phase change fluid vapor to travel to a reactor in thermal communication with a cooking chamber of an oven appliance. In the reactor, the phase change fluid combines with a reaction substance and condenses, releasing latent heat and providing heat to the cooking chamber of the oven appliance.