Gas heater

A Katalytofen is a self-powered compact heater. The heat generated by catalytic combustion of liquid gas in a catalyst material without an open flame. It is a heterogeneous catalysis, which means that the catalyst and reactant present in different phases.

Katalytöfen be for heating in the leisure area used primarily ( hobby rooms, allotments, camping ), but also in hangars and workshops. In the combustion of the gas mainly carbon dioxide and water, with insufficient ventilation the poisonous gas carbon monoxide. In addition, oxygen is consumed, therefore Katalytöfen are to be used only in well-ventilated areas.

There was Katalytöfen that were operated with a density of 0.72 Katalytbenzin. This Katalytbenzin but today no longer manufactured. In its place there today SBP 80/110, which is also still available in small amounts in some hardware stores. The term 80/110 refers to the defined boiling range of gasoline

Until about the early 1970s, special, gasoline powered Katalytöfen were used as heaters in car or truck, there was no other effective heaters that time. Katalytöfen for this purpose reminiscent in shape and size to a small milk jug and had to be fired outside the garage in a well ventilated area. If after a few minutes of Anheizens no visible flame was no longer present, the oven could be put in the garage or in the footwell of the car, where he made his heat due to the catalytic combustion.

In Katalytofen of GDR production the heating pad of asbestos wool was. Through the air flow above the active heating pad partially dissolved carcinogenic asbestos particles were distributed in space.

On November 26, 2012, came in a sheltered workshop in Titisee -Neustadt to a fire disaster with 14 deaths, caused by an operational error on a Katalytofen.

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