Viscous fluid type heat generator with variable heat-generating performance

摘要

A variable heat-generating performance viscous fluid type heat generator having a heating chamber in which an electrorheological fluid is confined to generate heat upon being subjected to a shearing action by the rotation of a rotor element within the heating chamber, a heat receiving chamber arranged adjacent to the heating chamber and permitting a heat exchanging liquid to receive heat from the electrorheological fluid and to circulate through the heat receiving chamber and an external heating circuit, and a controllable electricity conducting unit adjustably conducting electricity through the electrorheological fluid so as to adjustably change the viscosity of the electrorheological fluid to thereby vary the heat-generating performance of the viscous fluid type heat generator.