Scientists at the Russian Navy's Center for Science and Training (N.G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy) developed a catalytic heating device that needs no flame, which according to the patent description raises heat output and reduces fuel consumption. The invention made Russia's Top 100 inventions list five years ago. Traditional heaters waste fuel preheating cold air and their flames are hard to keep stable; this design instead converts hydrocarbons (oil, natural gas, associated gas) fully through a catalyst into carbon dioxide and water vapor inside a closed reactor, with a heat carrier taking the heat away for use. The authors say the unit starts from cold without a flame, runs automatically, and reduces harmful combustion products such as CO and soot.
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Original headline: Hải quân Nga tạo đột phá liên quan hydrocarbon, có thể "dậy sóng" ngành công nghệ nhiệt truyền thống
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