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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Paul Allen Howard, Reston, VA (US);
Paul Allen Howard, Reston, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A surrogate temperature sensor () for a convection cooled radiant heater system is described. The surrogate temperature sensor has an internal controllable heater () and a sensing device such as a thermocouple (). The surrogate temperature sensor is paired with a furnace/dryer radiant heat source (). The surrogate's internal heater provides sufficient power to heat the surrogate to the same temperature as the radiant heater. At least one surrogate temperature sensor () is positioned to be exposed to the cooling media in a manner similar to the radiant heat source. The surrogate sensor reports its temperature which is indicative of the radiant heater temperature to the cooling controller. The controller responds to this signal and adjusts cooling to maintain the radiant heater at its desired temperature.