Electric heating – Heating devices – With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
Patent
1999-04-19
2000-06-27
Paschall, Mark
Electric heating
Heating devices
With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
219505, 219501, 392465, 392485, 392488, 392544, H05B 102
Patent
active
060809736
ABSTRACT:
An electric water heater is provided which includes a polymeric body having an elongated hollow and an inlet opening and an outlet opening in communication with the hollow for flowing water to pass therethrough. An electrical resistance heater having a heating element of a material exhibiting a positive temperature coefficient of resistance is disposed in the hollow of the polymeric body and in heat transfer communication with water flowing through the hollow. An electrical source supplies electrical power to the heating element to generate heat. A controller senses current flow through the heating element and determines a resistance related value, such as current or resistance of the heating element. The controller also determines a first derivative of the resistance related value over time, and determines a second derivative of the resistance related value over time, and controls power supply to the heating element as a function of the first and second derivatives and/or absolute resistance.
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Paschall Mark
Sherwood-Templeton Coal Company, Inc.
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