Abstract:
A furnace monitoring system for monitoring a furnace over a span of time during furnace operation, including a thermal imaging apparatus, the apparatus is disposed outside of the furnace and at a distance from the exterior of the furnace to generate field signals of the furnace; a signal processing unit configured and programmed for receiving the field signals and generating a temperature map of the exterior of the furnace; and a means for displaying the temperature map locally or remotely. Wherein in that the furnace monitoring system is a system for monitoring the furnace over a span of time during furnace operation and in that the generated temperature map is divided into several zones, which correspond to different components of the furnace selected from burner, viewing port for burner observation, charging port, discharging port and flue gas channel.
Abstract:
An integrated sensor system for use in a furnace system including a furnace having at least one burner and two or more zones each differently affected by at least one furnace parameter regulating energy input into the furnace, including a first temperature sensor positioned to measure a first temperature in the furnace system, a second temperature sensor positioned to measure a second temperature in the furnace system; and a controller programmed to receive the first and second measured temperatures, and to adjust operation of a furnace system parameter based on a relationship between the first and second temperatures, thereby differentially regulating energy input into at least two of the zones of the furnace; wherein the relationship between the first and second temperatures is a function of one or more of a difference between the two temperatures, a ratio of the two temperatures, and a weighted average of the two temperatures.
Abstract:
A vacuum heat treatment apparatus according to the embodiment comprises a chamber; a thermal insulator in the chamber; a reaction container in the thermal insulator; a heating member between the reaction container and the the thermal insulator for heating the reaction container; and a temperature measuring member in or on a surface of the reaction container, wherein the temperature measuring member comprises a thermocouple and a protective tube surrounding the thermocouple, and the protective tube comprises tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), or silicon carbide (SiC).
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a furnace, including: a body having a space formed therein; a plurality of thermocouples disposed in the body and vertically movably coupled with the body; a plurality of heating elements dispose in the body; and a control unit that receives temperature data from the thermocouples to control temperature of the heating elements, whereby the furnace can measure and control the temperature for each portion of the internal space to form uniform temperature distribution, in particular, make temperature distribution of the heat applied to the fired matter uniform to obtain high-quality fired matter.
Abstract:
A method and a system for operating a rotary vessel, rotated by a tire riding on trunnions, which monitors the position of the tire relative to the upper and lower thrust bearings and the temperature of the upper and lower thrust bearings and provides an output that alerts an operator when corrective action should be taken.
Abstract:
A furnace cooling panel monitoring system utilizes individual cooling panel data to produce critical monitoring data. An exemplary cooling panel monitoring system utilizes the input from a plurality of temperature sensors configured to accurately measure the temperature change of cooling fluid flowing through each individual panel. The change in temperature from the inlet to the outlet of a cooling panel along with the flow rate of the cooling fluid through the panel can be used to calculate the a heat energy dissipation rate of the cooling panel, or heat flux. The flow rate through individual panels is determined by K-values or resistance to flow constants for a given cooling panel. The heat energy dissipation rate for individual panels can be provided to a user through a computer implemented monitoring program in real time. Alerts may be initiated by the computer implemented monitoring program when a threshold value has been exceeded.
Abstract:
A temperature measurement apparatus for estimating a temperature profile in a process container, includes a radiation temperature measurement unit configured to measure the temperature of plural temperature measurement areas at a surface of the rotating table in a radius direction of the rotating table by scanning the surface of the rotating table in the radius direction; an operation control unit that controls to start heating of the process container by a heater while keeping the rotating table immobilized, and controls to repeat a scanning operation, in which the radiation temperature measurement unit scans the surface of the rotating table in the radius direction to obtain the temperature of the plural temperature measurement areas while the rotating table is rotated in a circumferential direction of the rotating table, after a predetermined period has passed from starting the heating of the process container.
Abstract:
Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber, which apparatus is applicable to an MOCVD reaction chamber. The apparatus comprises a heater located within a chamber; a tray located near the heater within the chamber and spaced apart from the heater and used for carrying the base; a first temperature control unit coupled with a surface of the tray for carrying the base and used for measuring the temperature of the tray surface and outputting a first control signal as a function of a set temperature and the temperature of the tray surface; and a second temperature control unit connected to the first temperature control unit and used for measuring the temperature of the middle of the area between the tray and the heater, and also for outputting a second control signal as a function of the first control signal and the temperature of the middle, with the heater being coupled with the second temperature control unit to heat according to the second control signal. Further provided is a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber. A steady base temperature can be obtained via the apparatus.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for sintering a compact of particulate material for a ceramic or of particles of a metal, or a ceramic precursor film, wherein the sintering is performed by heating and burning the compact or the ceramic precursor film while applying centrifugal force to the compact or the ceramic precursor film.
Abstract:
A furnace for the heat treatment of a metal product includes constitutive elements, each having a thermal inertia property determined from physical parameters. The constitutive elements include walls delimiting at least partially the furnace, a heating unit for heating the metal product, and a rapid heating element for heating the metal product. The furnace also includes a control circuit for controlling the heating unit and/or the rapid heating element, based on one or more thermal inertia properties of one or more constitutive elements of the furnace, and at least based on a ground of a constitutive element of said furnace.