WO1996038019A1 - Method and apparatus for providing multiple autoregulated temperatures - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for generating heat, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for providing plural controlled temperatures using multiple layers of Curie temperature materials.
- Devices for providing a regulated supply of heat are known.
- One such device is described in commonly assigned U.S. Patent No. 4,752,673 (Kmmme) which discloses an auto-regulating, electrically shielded heater.
- the disclosed heater of the '673 patent provides auto-regulated heat at a single regulated temperature.
- Exemplary embodiments employ a non-magnetic conductive material sandwiched between two magnetically permeable materials of different Curie temperatures to provide a heating surface which can be operated at the single, regulated temperature.
- Figure 3 of the '673 patent illustrates a soldering iron which exploits a "skin effect" to provide the single, regulated temperature.
- the Figure 3 soldering iron includes an electrically conductive, non-magnetic intermediate layer 6.
- the intermediate layer 6 is sandwiched between an inner magnetic layer 2 used to provide a single regulated temperature heating surface and an outer magnetic layer 4 used to provide electromagnetic shielding.
- the inner layer 2 is illustrated as an inner cone formed of high permeability, high resistivity, low Curie temperature material such as an NiBalFe alloy.
- the outer layer 4 is illustrated as an outer cone formed coaxial with and about the non-magnetic intermediate layer 6 and the inner cone 2.
- the outer cone 4 can be fabricated from a high permeability, low resistivity, high Curie temperature material such as low carbon steel, cobalt or nickel.
- Resistance of the inner cone 2 is a function of the material resistivity and the cross-section of the inner cone 2 to which the current is confined by the skin effect. Resistance is an inverse function of cross-sectional area so that as the cross-section of the cone to which the current is confined decreases due to an increase in skin effect, the resistance of the inner cone 2 increases.
- the inner cone 2 is of an exemplary thickness which corresponds to one skin depth of Alloy 42 at 90 hertz (Hz). The device heats until the Curie temperature of the inner cone 2 material is attained (e.g. , approximately 325 °C).
- the permeability of the inner cone 2 material decreases and current begins to spread into the intermediate layer 6 and the outer cone 4.
- the temperature of the material of the outer cone 4 is well below its Curie temperature and the current is therefore confined to the inner cone 2, the intermediate layer 6 and to a few skin depths of the outer cone 4 at 90 Hz.
- the Curie temperature of the inner cone 2 is attained, its magnetic permeability rapidly decreases and current spreads into the intermediate layer 6 and into the outer cone 4.
- the total resistance of the structure due to the presence of the highly conductive intermediate layer 6 drops dramatically to provide a high auto-regulating ratio.
- most of the current is confined to the highly conductive intermediate layer 6 and only a small percentage penetrates the outer cone 4.
- the outer layer 4 is therefore only 3-5 skin depths thick to effect virtually complete shielding of the device. This permits a large auto-regulating power ratio to be realized in a relatively small device using a low frequency source (e.g., 50 Hz to 10 kHz).
- U.S. Patent No. 4,701,587 (Carter et al)
- U.S. Patent No. 4,695,713 (Krumme)
- U.S. Patent No. 4,256,945 (Carter et al) also relate generally to structures which exploit an auto-regulating feature to provide single temperature heating surfaces.
- they are primarily directed to generating accurate control at a regulated fixed temperature. It would therefore be desirable to exploit advantages of these patents to achieve control at any one of plural user selected temperatures.
- the present invention is directed to using an auto-regulating feature to provide a heating structure which can be controlled to selectively produce heat at any one of plural regulated temperatures, without sacrificing precision and uniformity with which any of the selected temperatures is maintained.
- multiple layers of alloy having different Curie temperatures are separately accessed as an outer most layer is heated through its Curie point to select one of the plural auto- regulated temperatures.
- power to the device can be controlled by varying the frequency of the circulating current.
- a heating system can provide a heating surface which is accurately controlled to any one of plural, relatively constant regulated temperatures.
- Exemplary embodiments of the invention include means for generating a constant current; and means for producing heat at any one of plural relatively constant temperatures in response to said constant current generating means.
- Exemplary embodiments of the heat producing means include at least one electrically conductive, non-magnetic material; and at least two layers of magnetically permeable material, a first of said at least two layers having a first Curie temperature and a second of said at least two layers having a second Curie temperature different from said first Curie temperature, said non ⁇ magnetic material being cooperatively arranged with said first layer and said second layer to selectively produce heat at a temperature selected from among said first Curie temperature and said second Curie temperature.
- Exemplary embodiments further relate to a heater comprising a core having at least one electrically conductive, non-magnetic material; and at least two layers of magnetically permeable material, a first of said at least two layers having a first Curie temperature and a second of said at least two layers having a second Curie temperature different from said first Curie temperature, said core being cooperatively arranged with said first layer and said second layer to produce heat at a temperature selected from among said first Curie temperature and said second Curie temperature.
- Additional embodiments relate to an apparatus for generating a heat supply comprising means for selectively producing heat at any one of plural, relatively constant temperature operating points, each of said operating points being produced by a separate material having a Curie temperature which corresponds to one of said plural, relatively constant temperature operating points; and means for controlling said heat producing means at one of said operating points in response to electrical properties of the heat producing means.
- Figure 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a heater structure in accordance with the present invention
- Figure 2 shows a graphical representation of reflected resistance versus temperature for a dual temperature heater structure
- Figure 3 shows a heater structure by which reflected resistance versus temperature curves can be obtained while the heater structure is cooled
- Figure 4 shows a graphical representation of reflected resistance versus temperature for a dual temperature heater in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 5 shows an alternate embodiment of a heater structure having a symmetrical configuration in accordance with the present invention
- Figures 6a and 6b show graphical representations of reflected resistance versus temperature for dual temperature heater structures in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 7 shows an exemplary embodiment of a dual temperature current control.
- Figure 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of an apparatus for generating heat, the apparatus being formed as a heater structure which includes a single construction, laminated structure 100 which can be operated at plural, relatively constant, regulated temperatures using layers of different Curie temperature materials.
- the exemplary structure of Figure 1 can be formed by depositing or laminating any number of multiple layers of alloy, each of which can have a different Curie temperature, together into a single plate construction. One of the layers of material having a given Curie temperature can be accessed as an outermost layer of the heater structure is heated through its Curie point.
- any number of different techniques can be used to form the structure illustrated. For example, hot or cold rolling, extrusion, cladding, metallurgical techniques and so forth can also be used.
- Power can be applied to the plate structure directly or through an inductive coupling.
- the selection and regulation of temperature at any one of plural predetermined operating points can be controlled as a function of electrical properties of the plate structure (e.g., resistance, power dissipation, or any property which is a function of electrical resistance).
- the selective operation at one of the available temperatures can be achieved by selecting thicknesses of materials used (i.e., to establish a fixed operating point of the Figure 1 plate structure for a given power supply).
- selective control can be achieved by operating the power supply (e.g. , adjust frequency or pulse width) to change the operating point of the Figure 1 structure.
- the power supply used in the exemplary embodiment of Figure 1 can be a "smart" power supply which is controlled in response to detected properties of the multilayer structure to latch a predetermined operating point.
- a relatively constant temperature can be maintained by controlling operation at the selected operating point using known techniques which need not be described here in detail (e.g., in a manner as described in the aforementioned U.S. Patent No. 4,752,673, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
- a heater structure 100 which includes a core formed of at least one electrically conductive, non-magnetic material 102 having at least a first side.
- the core layer 102 can be any highly conductive, non-magnetic material (e.g., aluminum, copper and so forth).
- the heater structure 100 includes at least two layers of magnetic material, such as layers 104 and 106, formed on said first side.
- a first layer 104 has a first magnetic permeability ⁇ ,, a first reflected resistance R,, a first Curie temperature T] and a first resistivity f l5 while the second layer 106 has a second magnetic permeability ⁇ 2 , a second reflected resistance R 2 , a second Curie temperature T 2 and a second resistivity f 2 .
- Reflected resistance is a function of power supply frequency and material temperature.
- the core 102 is cooperatively arranged with the first and second layers to produce heat at a temperature selected from among the first Curie temperature and the second Curie temperature.
- the phrase "cooperatively arranged” refers to placement of the core relative to the magnetic layers such that electrical current can pass directly or inductively into the magnetic layers until the selected operating point is reached.
- the plate structure can then be selectively controlled to operate at either one of the Curie temperatures T, or T 2 .
- the Figure 1 heater structure can further include additional layers 108 and 110.
- These additional layers can be magnetic layers, having magnetic permeabilities of ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 4 , respectively and having associated Curie temperatures T 3 and T 4 , respectively (e.g. , with T 4 > T 3 > T 2 ).
- an inclusion of layers 108 and 110 in the exemplary Figure 1 embodiment represents an ability of the present invention to include any number of magnetic layers.
- Each of these additional layers can have its own independent Curie temperature which can be selected to operate the heater structure at additional Curie temperatures associated with the materials used.
- the Figure 1 heater structure can be controlled to selectively operate at any one of the Curie temperatures associated with the various materials used to form the plate, and can be used in any number of products.
- a heater structure as illustrated in Figure 1 can be used in cooking grills to provide a heating surface selectively operable at any one of plural, relatively constant temperatures for cooking various types of food.
- the plate structure can be used as a cooking griddle plate similar to that described in commonly-assigned U.S. Patent Application Serial No.
- a controllable switch is provided to select a temperature setting which corresponds to the effective Curie temperature of a layer included in a plate structure.
- a switch can be a user or factory controlled switch that controls power to coils 112 for inducing current in the plate structure.
- the coils 112 can be included in insulation 111.
- the switch can be set to a T 2 setting to select a higher temperature. Alternately, the switch can be set to a lower temperature T, setting.
- the available switch ratio (i.e., the resistance versus temperature operating characteristics of the heating structure) is limited to the ratio of the skin depth below and slightly above T, for heater structures, where T 2 is greater than T j .
- T the actual temperature
- ⁇ can be considered equal to 1 such that skin depth is equal to 5030 x V(p/f) cm (i.e. , where above the Curie temperature the magnetic permeability is approximately 1 and the ratio is approximately 20 ohms: l ohm before switching current enters the second layer).
- the "smart" power supply of Figure 1 includes means for detecting an operating point of the plate structure as a function of electrical properties of layers included in the plate structure.
- the detecting means can include means for monitoring reflected resistance, or any derivative thereof, to reduce the power output of the power supply until the reflected resistance reaches a stable equilibrium.
- a stable auto-regulated equilibrium can be achieved by controlling the applied voltage from the power supply to maintain operation at T ⁇ After detecting relative stability in reflected resistance despite a continuing increase in the power supply (e.g., by increasing frequency or duty cycle of the power supply voltage), detection of a relatively small decrease in reflected resistance will cause the power supply to limit the power beyond what would otherwise be produced until the reflected resistance begins to increase. At that point, the plate structure can be considered to have begun to cool such that more power is output to stabilize the plate at Tj . Thus, the system monitors reflected resistance to maintain operation at a given operating point.
- the first layer 104 can be made sufficiently thick such that when the Curie temperature of T, is reached, the power supply detects a change in reflected resistance at the frequency used to select the T, operating point. The power supply also keeps track of which temperature region the plates are operating in and detects whether the actual temperature T is less than
- T 2 current is permitted to spread into the second layer 106 by increasing power even after T, is obtained. Control is as follows: If T is less than T, , the power controller continues to output maximum power even when the reflected resistance drops during passage through Tj. If T is greater than T,, but less than T 2 , the temperature from the additional heating and the contribution from the second magnetic layer 106 (T 2 layer) continues to rise.
- the contribution of heating from the second layer can be optimized by an appropriate choice of thickness of the second layer 106 and the frequency of operation.
- the thickness of layer 104 can be selected to be less than a skin depth at the frequency of operation used to select Tj for operation where T is greater than Tj and less than T 2 .
- a change in frequency can be used to change the reflected resistance associated with each operating point (i.e., change the switching ratio).
- the system can operate under two or more significantly different frequencies for T, and T 2 , with additional capacitance being switched into the circuit.
- T 2 when the power supply detects that T is greater than T, and begins to detect a redirection in reflected resistance, the power supply again attempts to limit power by keeping current constant. This can be achieved, for example, by increasing frequency and/or reducing duty cycle until ambient heat loss matches power into the system and the reflected resistance stabilizes.
- a heater structure in accordance with the Figure 1 embodiment can be formed by laminating a higher temperature sheet used to form the second layer 106 (e.g., .015 inch alloy) to a first side of an aluminum core layer.
- the aluminum core layer can, for example, be 0.090 inches thick.
- the .015 inch alloy which is laminated to the aluminum core layer can, for example, be Alloy 35.
- a first layer 104 can be formed as a 0.015 inch alloy laminated to the Alloy 35 layer.
- the first layer can, for example, be Alloy 32.
- the lower temperature Alloy 32 used to form the first layer can be chosen with a relative thickness with respect to the Alloy 35 of the second layer to permit detection of electrical properties (e.g., reflected resistance) of the Alloy 35.
- a small pick-up coil can be used to detect electrical characteristics of the Alloy 35.
- FIG 2 illustrates exemplary electrical properties (e.g. , resistance in ohms versus temperature) for the exemplary materials described with respect to layers 104 and 106 of Figure 1.
- each of the magnetic layers 104 and 106 exhibits a drop in reflected resistance at a given temperature.
- this characteristic of hi ⁇ magnetic materials is monitored and used to permit temperature control at plural predetermined operating points (i.e. , temperature settings).
- Figure 3 illustrates a method by which reflected resistance versus temperature curves can be obtained while the heater structure is cooled.
- an aluminum layer included in a CMI annealed plate 304 e.g. , a plate formed with sequential layers 301, 302 and 303 of Alloy 34, aluminum and Alloy 34, respectively
- the layer 302 of the Alloy 34 included in the annealed plate 304 serves as a high temperature layer.
- a layer 306 can be formed, for example, of Alloy 32 adjacent layer 302 on a first side of the core layer as the first, relatively lower temperature layer.
- a standard pick-up coil 308 located on the first side of core layer 304 can be used to detect current induced in the plate structure by a power source 314 (e.g. , inductively coupled coils) located on a second side of the core.
- a K- type thermo-couple 310 can be used to detect surface temperature of the structure (both the pick-up coil and thermo-couple can be mounted within a thermal insulation material 312).
- the annealed plate 304 can include an aluminum core 301 of .090 inches in conjunction with magnetic layers 302 and 303 of Alloy 34, each having an exemplary thickness of .015 inches.
- the layer 306 of Alloy 32 can have a thickness of, for example, .015 or .030 inches. Reflected resistance versus temperature curves can be obtained while the heater structure is cooled. Resulting curves are illustrated in Figure 4 for cases where Alloy 32 layers of different thicknesses are present. Figure 4 illustrates that at low temperatures for T less than T, (where T[ corresponds to the Alloy 32 Curie temperature), most of the current is restricted to the layer 306 of Alloy 32.
- T when T is greater than T, the current spreads into the layer 302 of Alloy 34 included in the annealed plate 304 which is below its Curie temperature.
- This relatively high reflected resistance layer of the annealed plate 304 is in parallel with the now low reflected resistance layer 306 of Alloy 32 and an intermediate reflected resistance can be detected.
- T 2 i.e. , the Curie point of the Alloy 34 in the annealed plate 304
- the magnetic permeability of the overall structure drops and skin depth grows until not only is the layer 302 of Alloy 34 in the annealed plate 304 conducting current, but also the core aluminum layer is conducting current as well.
- the reflected resistance now drops to a final value of approximately 1 ohm from a resistance of approximately 4 ohms per 3-4 skin depths when T is greater than Tj.
- heat control at any number of distinct transition temperatures T, and T 2 can be obtained.
- the reflected resistance falls rapidly at T[ and T 2 such that accurate temperature control is possible.
- resistance can be maintained to within plus or minus 10% or lower of the set value. This translates into a temperature accuracy of 107.5 ⁇ _ 2.5 °C at T, and 188.5 ⁇ 2.0°C at T 2 or better.
- an additional layer or layers of magnetic material can be arranged on both sides of the core (e.g. , both the first side and a side opposite the first side of the core) with the additional layers having characteristics which balance the mechanical characteristics of the layers formed on the first side.
- a layer can be included as a ferromagnetic layer for shielding magnetic fields and for balancing coefficients of thermal expansion of the various layers used to form the heater structure.
- Figure 5 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a heater structure having a symmetrical design which includes a core layer 502, an Alloy 34 layer 508 and an Alloy 31 layer 510. Symmetrically positioned on an opposite side of the core layer 502 is a second Alloy 34 layer 504 and a second Alloy 31 layer 506.
- the conductive, non-magnetic core layer e.g, aluminum
- the Alloy 34 layers can be each .015 inches thick and the Alloy 31 layers can be each .018 inches thick.
- the skin depth is small enough that most of the switching from high to low reflected resistance occurs within the relatively low temperature Alloy 31 with a reflected resistance ratio of 6 ohms: 2 ohms before the current enters the higher temperature Alloy 34.
- the present invention can be applied to any structure including the soldering iron described previously.
- the present invention can be applied to cylindrical embodiments wherein the core is formed as a wire laminated with cylindrically shaped layers of magnetic materials. Any such number of these materials can be included.
- the core is formed as a wire laminated with cylindrically shaped layers of magnetic materials. Any such number of these materials can be included.
- it is not the specific shape which is important to implementing the present invention, but rather the manner by which current passing through multiple layers of magnetic material having multiple Curie temperatures is achieved.
- Figures 6a and 6b illustrate dual temperature operation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the skin depth is larger and at the lower temperature (e.g. , 200 °F), most of the switching occurs in the low temperature layer of Alloy 31.
- the lower frequency (i.e. , larger skin depth) current escapes the Alloy 34 layer into the aluminum core and provides switching at the higher 380°F Curie temperature of the Alloy 34 layer.
- a controller can be matched to a multi-temperature heating structure to provide precise temperature control of multiple temperatures by adjusting I constam an d the power to stabilize the heater structure.
- Resonant frequency can be matched with an intermediate frequency using data obtained empirically. For example, by setting the capacitance and inductance so that frequency f 0 is 33 kHz, then for a given temperature, a sweep from 33 kHz under constant current up to a range of from 60 to 80 kHz can be performed. For the higher temperature of Alloy 34, a sweep from 33 kHz down to 15 kHz can be performed. Thus, the impact from the outer Alloy 31 layer is masked (i.e., large skin depth) while at the lower temperature Alloy 31, sweeping from 33 kHz to 70 kHz keeps the skin depth small and out of the Alloy 34 layer.
- each of the two Curie temperature layers can be independently selected. In an exemplary embodiment, this can be obtained by searching and seeking final reflected resistance and by keeping the power low enough to acquire the lower temperature Curie point material.
- Figure 7 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of a dual temperature control system for use in conjunction with the exemplary plate structures described in accordance with the present invention.
- the Figure 7 circuit can be a low frequency resonant converter which operates in a frequency range of, for example, 10 kHz to 100 kHz or greater.
- the Figure 7 circuit is generally designated 700 and includes a single phase or three-phase alternating current (AC) input line 702.
- the input AC power is applied to input AC circuits and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter 704.
- Outputs from the AC circuits and filter 704 are applied to a DC bridge rectifier 706.
- the DC bridge rectifier can accommodate either the single phase or three phase input.
- a capacitor 708 is connected in parallel with the output of the DC bridge 706, and voltage across the capacitor is applied to an output power stage 710.
- capacitors e.g. , 1 microfarad capacitors
- the output power stage 710 is a switching circuit for applying a load current I
- the output load represented by the heater structure can be a plate structure as described above with respect to Figures 1-6, or can be of any desired shape (e.g. , cylindrical, conical and so forth).
- the output load of the laminated plate structure is represented by an output resonant circuit 712 shown to include a capacitance 714 (labeled C e ), an inductance 716 (labeled L e ) and a reflected resistance 718 (labeled R reflecled )-
- a current transformer 720, designated C t is coupled to the output load of the heater structure to provide feedback to a current control means.
- the current control means includes the output power stage 710.
- the current control means includes a voltage controlled oscillator 722 and an amplifier, represented as a driver stage 724, for driving the output power stage 710. Protection and start-up circuits 726 can be provided for the voltage controlled oscillator and the driver stage, respectively.
- Output current from the current transformer 720 is applied to a power detection means 730.
- the power detection means 730 includes a block 732 labelled I load 2 representing means for monitoring power by calculating the square of the detected current.
- the power detection means further includes a power detection block 734 designated P/I load 2 for determining load.
- the power detection means also includes a power input designated 738 which supplies power to the power detection block, and can input AC power of medium accuracy or a true value of output load power.
- Equivalent resistance circuits designated 738 receive the detected power, and are adjusted in response to operator controlled temperature setting switches 742. Via the temperature setting switch 742, the operator can select a first temperature setting T, via a contact 744, or a temperature T 2 corresponding to a resistance R 2 via a temperature setting contact 746. Outputs from the equivalent resistance circuits are applied to voltage controlled oscillator 722 to adjust frequency output of the voltage controlled oscillator.
- a non-linear load represented by the heater structure can be designated with a value of R reflecte d-
- the value R r lected can generally be considered a function of frequency and temperature as illustrated, for example, with respect to Figures 6a and 6b described above.
- values of reflected resistance R re n ected are determined based on the type of load used and the direction in which the curve R re n e ted versus temperature is explored. Given these parameters, the frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator in the Figure 7 circuit can be varied to control the output power in a desired region.
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