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Title: Menu driven heat treatment control of thin walled bodies

Abstract

A process for controlling the heating of a thin-walled body according to a predetermined temperature program by means of electrically controllable heaters, comprising: disposing the heaters adjacent one surface of the body such that each heater is in facing relation with a respective zone of the surface; supplying heat-generating power to each heater and monitoring the temperature at each surface zone; and for each zone: deriving (16,18,20), on the basis of the temperature values obtained in the monitoring step, estimated temperature values of the surface at successive time intervals each having a first selected duration; generating (28), on the basis of the estimated temperature values derived in each time interval, representations of the temperature, THSIFUT, which each surface zone will have, based on the level of power presently supplied to each heater, at a future time which is separated from the present time interval by a second selected duration; determining (30) the difference between THSIFUT and the desired temperature, FUTREFTVZL, at the future time which is separated from the present time interval by the second selected duration; providing (52) a representation indicating the power level which sould be supplied to each heater in order to reduce the difference obtained inmore » the determining step; and adjusting the power level supplied to each heater by the supplying step in response to the value of the representation provided in the providing step.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Churchill Boro, PA
  2. (Elizabeth Twp., PA)
  3. Monroeville, PA
  4. Greensburg, PA
  5. Allison Park, PA
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
868184
Patent Number(s):
5094702
Assignee:
U.S. Dept. of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON C21D - MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
DOE Contract Number:  
NPD843820AX
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
menu; driven; heat; treatment; control; walled; bodies; process; controlling; heating; thin-walled; according; predetermined; temperature; means; electrically; controllable; heaters; comprising; disposing; adjacent; surface; heater; facing; relation; respective; zone; supplying; heat-generating; power; monitoring; deriving; 16; 18; 20; basis; values; obtained; step; estimated; successive; time; intervals; selected; duration; generating; 28; derived; interval; representations; thsifut; based; level; presently; supplied; future; separated; determining; 30; difference; desired; futreftvzl; providing; 52; representation; indicating; sould; reduce; adjusting; response; value; provided; power level; heat treatment; predetermined temperature; time interval; time intervals; desired temperature; surface zone; electrically controllable; generating power; temperature value; driven heat; /148/266/

Citation Formats

Kothmann, Richard E, Booth, Jr., Russell R., Grimm, Noel P, Batenburg, Abram, and Thomas, Vaughn M. Menu driven heat treatment control of thin walled bodies. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Kothmann, Richard E, Booth, Jr., Russell R., Grimm, Noel P, Batenburg, Abram, & Thomas, Vaughn M. Menu driven heat treatment control of thin walled bodies. United States.
Kothmann, Richard E, Booth, Jr., Russell R., Grimm, Noel P, Batenburg, Abram, and Thomas, Vaughn M. Wed . "Menu driven heat treatment control of thin walled bodies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868184.
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abstractNote = {A process for controlling the heating of a thin-walled body according to a predetermined temperature program by means of electrically controllable heaters, comprising: disposing the heaters adjacent one surface of the body such that each heater is in facing relation with a respective zone of the surface; supplying heat-generating power to each heater and monitoring the temperature at each surface zone; and for each zone: deriving (16,18,20), on the basis of the temperature values obtained in the monitoring step, estimated temperature values of the surface at successive time intervals each having a first selected duration; generating (28), on the basis of the estimated temperature values derived in each time interval, representations of the temperature, THSIFUT, which each surface zone will have, based on the level of power presently supplied to each heater, at a future time which is separated from the present time interval by a second selected duration; determining (30) the difference between THSIFUT and the desired temperature, FUTREFTVZL, at the future time which is separated from the present time interval by the second selected duration; providing (52) a representation indicating the power level which sould be supplied to each heater in order to reduce the difference obtained in the determining step; and adjusting the power level supplied to each heater by the supplying step in response to the value of the representation provided in the providing step.},
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
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