Course detail
Electrical Heat Technology
FEKT-MELTAcad. year: 2016/2017
Opening part of the subject is devoted to the calorimetry and the heat transfer. Student deepens his knowledge in this theory and uses these knowledges for solving problems in numerical exercises. The main part is focused on the individual type of electric heatings. It's resistant heating, electric arc heating, inductive, dielectric and microwave heating. Modern conceptions are represented by the plasma, laser, electron and infrared heating. Student gets to know the physical nature and theory of individual heatings and the basic electrothermal applications in the industrial area.The higher attention is devoted to the resistance crucible furnace and its design and electric arc furnace and settings of optimal parameters of furnace working.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- define and describe the basic quantity of the electrothermal technology, heat transfer, calorimetry and calculate them,
- design and calculate the basic parameters of electrical heating elements of electrical resistance crucial furnace,
- enumerate the types of electrothermal heatings and explain their physical nature,
- enumerate and describe the technical applications of electrothermal heatings.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods include lectures, numerical exercises and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system.
There are continuous tests in the numerical exercises.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Examination (max. 60 points) includes only oral part.
Requirements for successful completion of this subject are determined by a annual regulation of the lecturer.
Course curriculum
1. Basic terms, units, analogy between electric and temperature field, calorimetry, calculations.
2. Heat transfer, conduction, convection, radiation, compound cases of heat transfer, calculations.
3. Measuring of temperature in electrothermal technology. mechanical and electrical thermometers.
4. Electrical heating elements, materials of electrical heating elements, calculation of basic parameters of heating elements.
5. Resistance heating, direct and indirect heating. Electrical rasistance furnaces.
6. Design of resistance crucible furnace for melting of aluminium.
7. Electric arc heating, direct arc, alternating arc, stabilization of arc, static and dynamic characteristics of arc.
8. Electric arc furnace, connection to net, furnace transformer, short path, choke coil, electrodes, circle diagram of electrical arc furnace.
9. Plasma heting, plasma, basic processes in plasma, plasma heater, melting plasma furnace.
10. Induction heating, induction crucible and canal furnace, screening, pinch efect.
11. Induction heating, basic theory electromagnetig field, Poyinting radiant vector.
12. Dielectric heating, polarisation, loss number, microwave heating, magnetron.
13. Special electrothermal hetings - laser heating, electron heating, infrared heating, resonator, electron gun.
Numerical exercies:
Calorimetry, heat transfer and design of resistance crucible furnace are solved in concrete problems.
Laboratory exercises:
1. Measurement of emissivity of non transparent bodies.
2. Measurement of heat conductivity of material.
3. Measurement of characteristic quantities of resistance materials.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Temperature measurement
Materials for heating cells, construction of heating elements
Design of electrical heating cells for industry use
Indirect and direct heating aplication
Theory of electrical arc, electric-arc furnaces
Inductive nad microwawe aplications
Dielectrical heat, IR heatin in technical practice
Plasmatic heating, arc and resistant welding
Electron heating devices, lasers aplication
Building heating, direct and storage heating
Heating pump and cogeneration, economical evaluation of electrical heating
Ecological aspects of electrical heating equipments
Fundamentals seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Heating transfer - conduction, convection, radiation.
Design and calculation of heating elements.
Design of resistance crucible furnace.
Room heating, calculation of heating losses.
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Properties of heating element Maxim and Oacley
Mesurement of characteristic quantities of resistant materials
Measurement of heating conductivity