Induction heated steam generating system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the present invention a novel and useful steam generating system is herein provided.
The steam generating system includes a first container which is provided with a first chamber for a liquid to be converted into steam.
Such liquid may be water, ammonia, and the like.
The chamber includes an inlet and an outlet.
A reservoir of water communicates with the inlet of the first container such that liquid is provided therein at a steady rate, commensurate with the generation of steam within the container.
The container also includes a tank wall portion or shell which is capable of being heated by electrically induced eddy currents.
In most cases, the wall portion may be a metallic member such as copper, silver, aluminum, and the like.
However, other materials may be employed which are capable of performing this function.
In certain cases, metallic shells having a mask of other metallic materials may be employed.
For example, a combination of a copper shell and an iron mask suffices, in this regard.
The system of the present invention also includes a first coil which at least partially surrounds the first container.
The first coil may be a metallic member or one which is composed of a material which conducts electricity and is capable of producing a field around the container.
The first coil may also be cooled by the passage of liquid therethrough.
In this respect, such cooling helps maintain the strength of the electromagnetic field produced by the coil, which will be discussed hereinafter.
An insulation layer may also be found, in the present invention, sandwiched between the first coil and the wall portion of the first container.
Such insulation layer is also cooled by the coil which is normally heated by heat radiating from the container.
In essence, eddy currents created within the metallic tank by the electro-magnetic field produced by the coil heats the tank through the Joule effect.
Radiated heat from the tank travels inwardly and heats upon the liquid within the chamber into steam