Abstract: A method for operating a heating plant having a boiler with a heat exchanger following the combustion chamber, such that it can be operated continuously and the exhaust gas temperature maintained at a predetermined value, in which a continuously controllable burner is employed and the effective heat exchanger area is adapted to the burner output.

Abstract: A vaporizing burner which includes a multi-portioned burner housing. The housing encompasses an inlet chamber, ahead of which there is located an antechamber which transitions into an annular passageway wherein heating oil is vaporized. The heating oil is admixed with preheated primary air and converted into a fuel gas in a catalyzer arrangement. Thereafter, the fuel gas is admixed with secondary air in a mixing chamber, ignited in an ignition chamber and conveyed into a further chamber. The last-mentioned chamber is closed off by a burner plate which is heated by the fuel gas and which transmits the usable heat to a suitable heat exchanger.