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Ioniz heat DIY - how it works?
« on: June 15, 2015, 12:30:20 PM »
Hi everyone,

I was searching some info about heating water , and end-up in this Portuguese company.

I don't understand how they produce heat with liquid (which liquid??).

http://www.ionizheat.com/products/termionize-electric-heating-boiler-en/principles-of-operation/

Does anyone know how this works?
What liquid are they using to make heat with electrodes and then use permutation to heat water?
They also say its 100% efficient?

That would be a nice DIY project if doable :)

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Re: Ioniz heat DIY - how it works?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2015, 04:55:37 PM »
looks to me like a bit of a 'snake oil' gadget - as far as I can see it's using electricity to heat water - but a simple heating element does this with ~100% efficiency anyway.

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Re: Ioniz heat DIY - how it works?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2015, 04:22:06 AM »
From what i could read and understand, it doesn't use resistor heating element.
Its as efficient as a heat pump, but with very low maintenance, since it doesn't have mechanical parts.
It also heats water instantly like heat pump, unlike resistive heating element.

It can heat water till 90ºC unlike heat pumps.

Liquid used inside the "heating element" must be changed/refilled every 4/5 years.

They claim Ionize/electrolysis! (using 2 electrodes)

I am curious about how that thing works. And would i be able to build one my self :)

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Re: Ioniz heat DIY - how it works?
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2015, 08:38:01 AM »
It's probably ionized sodium based where it heats the sodium and flushes it out to the surrounding liquid.  When the superheated sodium hits the surrounding liquid it releases the heat and settles back at the heating element due to opposite ionization to renew the cycle.