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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2010
Oleg S. Fishman, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Mike Maochang Cao, Westampton, NJ (US);
Oleg S. Fishman, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Mike Maochang Cao, Westampton, NJ (US);
Inductotherm Corp., Rancocas, NJ (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for, and method of, containing, transferring and electromagnetically stirring an electrically conductive fluid is provided. A vessel is formed from spaced-apart annular structural elements, or hoops, that are bound together by a high-temperature electrical insulating material, which also forms the interior surface of the vessel. Reinforcing members are embedded in the high-temperature electrical insulating material and passed through the hoops. The vessel is disposed within an electrical stator having multiple electrical poles. Each pole is wound with a separate coil. Current can be supplied to each coil winding, with a suitable phase shift between currents to all coil windings, to achieve an electromagnetically induced stirring and heating of the electrically conductive fluid. The vessel may be removably disposed in the electrical stator so that the vessel can be transported to and from the electrical stator for induced stirring.