Refrigeration – With indicator or tester – Condition sensing
Patent
1997-05-09
1999-07-06
Tanner, Harry B.
Refrigeration
With indicator or tester
Condition sensing
374 43, 164455, G01N 2500
Patent
active
059184736
ABSTRACT:
A method of measuring the quenchability of a liquid coolant used to cool objects such as ingots produced by direct-chill casting. The method involves providing a sample of the liquid coolant; providing a probe for immersion in the sample, the probe having a temperature-sensing electrical device contained therein which generates an electrical response corresponding to temperature sensed; heating the probe in a gas, preferably by means of electrical resistance heating by a circuit which is electrically connected to the temperature-sensing electrical device, to a predetermined temperature measured by the electrical response of the temperature sensing device, immersing the probe into the sample and measuring the electrical response for a predetermined measurement period, and comparing the measured electrical response to a response of a reference liquid measured under equivalent conditions, to thereby determine the quenchability property of the liquid coolant. The invention also relates to apparatus for carrying out the method, as well as a method and apparatus for controlling the cooling of the object based on the measured quenchability of the coolant. In an alternative, the probe may be heated by means other than the electrical resistance heating at a rate of at least about 40.degree. C./second.
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Bourgeois Thierry
Caron Yves
Gendron Andre
Alcan International Limited
Tanner Harry B.
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