Name:

Dhav
alGhadi
ya 4thEl
Sem: ect
ri
cal

Rol
lno:
16SDSEE01010 Dat
e:05/
01/
2018

1.
ToPr
epar
eAppl
i
cat
ionOfEl
ect
ri
cal
Heat
ing

 El
ect
ri
cal
Heat
ing
Elect
ri
calheat
ingi
sapr ocessi
nwhi
chelectr
icalener
gyisconv
ertedt
o
heat
.Commonappl i
cat
ionsincl
udespaceheat
ing,cooking,wat
erheati
ngand
i
ndustr
ial
processes.

El
ectri
calheat
ingworkont heprinci
pali
sel
ect
ri
ccur
rentt
hrougha
r
esi
sterconv
ert
selectr
ical
energyt
oheatener
gy.

 Domest
icAppl
i
cat
ionsOfEl
ect
ri
cal
Heat
ing

1.El
ect
ri
cWat
erHeat
er

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 Theywor
kbyconv
ert
ingel
ect
ri
cit
yint
oheatusi
ngmet
alsasheat
ing

elements.Themet al
shavehighresi
stancet hat
permitacertai
namountofcur r
enttof l
ow t
hrought hem t o
provi
detherequiredheat.El
ect
ri
calener
gyischangedintoheat
energyandt
her elat
ionshi
pbetweenthewatt
ageandBtu/ hri
s:

1Wat
t=3.
415Bt
u/hr

2.El
ect
ri
cOv
ens

When y ou fir
st set t
he
temperatur
e ont heel
ect
ri
c
ov
enwi
thei
thert
hemechanicaldi
alorel
ect
roni
ccont
rol
,thebot
tom heat
ingelementi
s

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acti
vated.Thereisacopperwi ret hatconnectsthet emperatur
econt roltotheov enbox
thatreadst het emperat
ureandcanmakeappr opriat
eadjustment s.Ast heheat i
ng
elementincreasesit
st emperaturebey ondtheset ti
ng,powertot heel ementiscut,and
thetemper at
uredecreasesuntilitreachesthelev elindi
catedbyt hedial.Anelectr
onic-
temperaturegaugedoesessent i
allythesamet hing,onlythetemper ature-
detect
ingrod
sendsasi gnaltoacir
cuitboard,aut omati
call
yadjust i
ngtheint
eriortemper at
ure.

3.El
ect
ri
cIr
ons

Anel ectri
cironr el
iesonabasi ccombinat
ionofheat
andpr essuretor emov ecreasesf rom cl ot
hes.Whenanel ect
ri
ccurrentispassed
thr
oughacoi l(
oranyot herheatingel ementpr esentintheir
on),i
tgetsveryhot.This
heatist hent r
ansferr
edt othebasepl at
e( thesmoot h,fl
atsurfacethaty ouplace
againstclot
heswhi leir
oning)throughconduct i
on,whichelegant
lyandprecisel
yir
ons
yourclot
hes.

I
ndust
ri
alAppl
i
cat
ionsOfEl
ect
ri
cal
Heat
ing

1.Mel
ti
ngofMet
als

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 An i
nducti
onfurnace usesinducti
ont oheatmetal
toit
smelti
ngpoint
.
Oncemolt
en,thehi
gh-f
requencymagnet icfiel
dcanal sobeusedt osti
rthehotmetal
,
whichi
susefuli
nensuringthat
 all
oyingaddi t
ions 
aref ul
l
ymi xedi
ntothemelt.Most
induct i
on
furnaces
consi st of atube
of wat er-
cool ed
copper ri
ngs

surroundingacont ainerof  r
efractor y
 mat er
ial.Induct i
onfurnacesar eusedi nmost
moder nf oundries as a cl eanermet hod ofmel ting metal
st han a reverberat
ory
furnace 
ora  cupola.Si zesr angef rom a ki logram ofcapaci tyt o a hundred tones
capacity.Inducti
onf ur nacesof tenemi tahi gh- pit
chedwhi neorhum whent heyar e
running, dependi ng on t hei
r oper at
ing f requency. Met als mel t
ed i nclude
i
ron and steel
, 
copper ,
 aluminum,and  preciousmet als.Becausei tisacl eanandnon-
contactpr ocessitcanbeusedi nav acuum ori nertatmospher e.Vacuum f urnaces
makeuseofi nduct ionheat ingf ort hepr oductionofspeci alt
yst eelsandot heral l
oys
thatwoul doxidi
zei fheat edi
nt hepr esenceofai r.

 El
ect
ri
cHeat
ingAdv
ant
ages

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 1.Saf
ety
Elect
ri
cwaterheat
ersaresaf
erthanfuel
-f
ir
edwat
erheat
ersbecausethey
avoi
dthehazar
dsandpr obl
emsassociat
edwithusi
ngacombust
ionprocessto
heatwater
.

2.Si
mpl
i
cit
yandConv
eni
ence
El
ect
ri
cwat erheat
ersar
esimpl
e.Consequentl
y,theyarethesi
mpl
est
andmostconv eni
entwayt oheatwat
erinbothr esi
dentialandcommer
cial
bui
l
dings.

3.Economi
cal
Theel
ect
ri
cheat
ingi
sver
yeconomi
calduet
olowcostofel
ect
ri
cheat
ing
equi
pments.
4.Cl
ean
The el
ect
ri
calheat
ing i
s cl
ean as r
te dustand ash ar
e compl
etel
y
el
i
minat
ed.
5.Hi
gherEf
fi
ciency
Theef
fi
ci
encyoft
heel
ect
ri
cal
heat
ingsy
stem i
scompar
ati
vel
yver
yhi
gh.
6.LowMai
ntenanceCost
Themai
ntenancecostoft
heel
ect
ri
cheat
ingi
sver
ylow.
7.FastResponse
Theel
ect
ri
cheat
inggi
vest
hef
astr
esponse.
8.LessSpace
Theequi
pmentsrequi
redfortheel
ect
ri
cheat
ingar
esmal
landt
hus,t
hey
r
equi
redcompar
ati
vel
ylessspace.

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  Di
sadv
ant
agesofEl
ect
ri
cHeat
ing

1.Expensi
vetooper
ate.Thecostofel
ect
ri
cit
ymakesi
texpensi
vet
ouseasa
heati
ngfuel
.
2.With space heat
ers,we cannoteasi
l
ycent
ralf
il
tr
ati
on,humi
dif
icat
ion or
cool
ing.
3.Somepeoplewouldsuggestthatt
heel
ect
ri
calhazar
dofshockandf
ir
e
causedbyel
ect
ri
cit
yisani
ssue.
4.Ther
ei sacostassoci
ated wi
thEl
ect
ri
cheatr
equi
resal
argerel
ect
ri
cal
ser
vicet
hannor
mal
.

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