DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE BY MEANS OF DIRECT CURRENT
The invention relates to a device (110) for heating a fluid. The device comprises: - at least one electrically conductive pipeline (112) and/or at least one electrically conductive pipeline segment (114) for receiving the fluid; and - at least one direct current and/or direct voltage source (126), wherein each pipeline (112) and/or each pipeline segment (114) is assigned a direct current and/or direct voltage source (126) which is connected to the pipeline (112) and/or to the pipeline segment (114). The direct current and/or direct voltage source (126) is designed to generate an electric current in the pipeline (112) and/or in the pipeline segment (114) which warms up the pipeline (112) and/or the pipeline segment (114) by Joule heat, which is created as the electric current passes through the conductive pipe material, to heat the fluid.