Design of a wide-range non-contact temperature measurement and control system for a 2.45 GHz microwave furnace

Author

Pert, E. ; Calame, J. ; Gershon, D. ; Carmel, Y. ; Lloyd, I. ; Wilson, O. ; Olorunyolemi, T.

Author_Institution

Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1999

Firstpage

152

Abstract

Summary form only given. The design of a pyrometric non-contact temperature measurement and control system for a 3 kW 2.45 GHz microwave processing furnace is presented. Design considerations specifically relevant to implementing non-contact temperature measurement and control over the wide range of 25 to 2500/spl deg/C are discussed. The completed system, in use as a research tool for microwave processing studies, provides versatile and contiguous control of sample heating from room temperature to the process temperature, with real-time access to parameters of the power control algorithm.

Keywords

furnaces; microwave heating; power control; pyrometers; sintering; temperature measurement; 2.45 GHz; 25 to 2500 C; 3 kW; control system; design considerations; microwave processing furnace; microwave processing studies; power control algorithm; pyrometric noncontact temperature measurement; real-time access; Ceramics; Control systems; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic heating; Furnaces; Geometry; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Temperature control; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5224-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1999.829396

Filename

829396