WO1995034945A2 - A method and an apparatus for controlling the transfer of high frequency power from an electric ac generator to an item to be treated - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling transfer of high frequency power from an electric AC generator to an item to be treated; the method is of the type stated in the introductory clause of claim 1, and the apparatus is of the type stated in the intro ⁇ ductory clause of claim 4.
- Treatment of items with high frequency electric power can be used in processing - such as melting, heating, welding, tacking and hardening - and surface treatment of plastic materials, etc.; in heating, pasteurizing and ste ⁇ rilizing foodstuff and pharmaceuticals; and in drying of wood, etc., and drying and hardening of glue in wooden pro ⁇ ducts, etc.
- Treatment of items with high frequency electric power may also be used for melting and thermal treatment of metals, the power being here inductively transferred, i.e. the item forms part as loss inducing material in the mag ⁇ netic field of a coil being part of a circuit which may be a resonance circuit tuned to resonance at the AC frequency.
- This appa ⁇ ratus may also be re-tuned for maintaining the resonance during the treatment of the item; this tuning is made by changing the capacitance of a variable capacitor on basis of measurement of the deviation of the load from ohmic load, detected as phase difference between current and vol ⁇ tage in a transmission line between the apparatus and the generator supplying power to the apparatus.
- an impedance transformation takes place in this apparatus between the generator and the item to be treated, the generator being connected to a tap on the coil of the resonance circuit.
- no actual adjustment of the impedance transforming ratio can be made in this appa- ratus, as besides the coil is a fixed component.
- the value of only one component can be continu ⁇ ously adjusted, viz. the capacitor used in tuning to reso ⁇ nance, and adjustment of one component is not sufficient for adjusting the impedance transforming ratio to a desired value.
- the impedance transforming ratio in this known apparatus is not variable means that the appara ⁇ tus only has a limited working area, such as correction for the settling of one and the same tool during a sealing ope- ration, or a change between several, substantially iden ⁇ tical tools.
- EP-A2-0 546 502 it is known that an impedance matching should be made between the generator and the elec ⁇ trodes of the tool, and it is stated to be the object of the apparatus and the method according to that publication to attain impedance matching and to attain low reflected power from the tool back towards the generator.
- the published publication likewise mentions that the circuit, of which the electrodes of the tool form part, should be in resonance.
- EP-A2-0 546 502 only mentions the use of fixed (non-variable) impedances for the impedance matching, even though the publication mentions the use of a continu ⁇ ously variable capacitor for the tuning to resonance. This is a drawback of the apparatus and the method according to that publication, as it is not possible with fixed impe ⁇ dances to attain a correct impedance matching.
- the formation of standing waves in the transmission lines of the known apparatuses is a particular drawback when using the apparatuses for treatment of big items, for instance for drying of big wooden items, such as whole planks or logs.
- the standing waves invariably spread to the treatment tool, and the tools for treatment of such big items may have dimensions of several times the half wave length at the frequencies used.
- the standing waves on the tool will thus have one or more nodes, opposite which only quite a small power will be deposited in the item, while a big effect will be deposited opposite the antinodes of the waves. Consequently, no even distribution of power can take place along a tool with dimensions nearing the wave length at the frequency used, when the standing wave ratio is high.
- variable capacitor is present in paral- lei with the tool, as the voltage over the tool should be able to rise considerably at resonance; in practice volt ⁇ ages of up to 20-30 kV RMS are needed for instance for weld ⁇ ing of plastic materials with low losses or glass.
- a vari ⁇ able capacitor is to carry the full voltage from plate to plate, and only variable capacitors up to 7 kV p are avail ⁇ able on the market .
- the object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus which are of the types mentioned by way of introduction and which make it possible to control transfer of high frequency power from an electric AC gene ⁇ rator to an item to be treated in such a way that the above drawbacks are avoided; to provide treatment of items which have a dimension which is comparable with the wave length of the frequency used; and to measure exactly and repro- ducibly the power transferred to the treated item, as this among others is desirable for controlling the process and for quality control.
- the load impedance constituted by the component, of which the item to be treated forms part normally varying and in cer ⁇ tain cases, such as when drying wood, varying considerably during the course of the treatment .
- the set impedance transforming ratio detected according to claim 3 is an ex- pression of the load impedance of the item, the generator impedance being known.
- the invention provides an appa ⁇ ratus which is characteristic in the subject matter of the characterizing clause of claim 4.
- the subject matter of ' claim 5 it is possible to tune sufficiently accurately to resonance and sufficiently accurately to adjust the impedance trans ⁇ forming ratio at the preferred working frequencies.
- a par ⁇ ticularly advantageous embodiment of a variable coil is attained, which makes it possible to apply particularly high voltages across the tool.
- the coil according to claim 7 can be designed in such a way that it only needs one sup ⁇ port in the high voltage side.
- Fig. 1 schematically shows a preferred embodiment of an apparatus according to the invention, connected to a high frequency generator and registration and controlling devices, in connection with the treatment of an item,
- Fig. 2 schematically shows a particular connection of a tool for the treatment of extensive items to the appa ⁇ ratus according to the invention
- Fig. 3 is a partial sectioned longitudinal view of a variable coil according to claim 7, and
- Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section in a detail in the coil in Fig. 3.
- an apparatus 1 according to the invention is supplied with high frequency power from an electric AC generator 2 through a transmission line 3 which here, has the form of a coaxial cable.
- the generator 2 has an output impedance corresponding to the characteristic impedance of the cable 3, and there is thus correct impedance matching at this place.
- the power is transferred on through a high fre ⁇ quency wattmeter 4 and along a transmission line 7 which is likewise in form of a coaxial cable with the same charac ⁇ teristic impedance as the output impedance of the generator 2.
- the high frequency wattmeter may be of a type known per se, several of which are commonly sold on the market; it consists in this connection of a so-called line section 5, which is inserted in the transmission line 3, 7 and forms part thereof, with the same characteristic impedance and thus a correct impedance matching, and a calculation and display unit 6.
- a high frequency wattmeter forward power and reflected power and figures calculated on basis thereof, in particular standing wave ratio, can nor ⁇ mally be measured.
- An example of such an apparatus is Bird "Thruline" Model 4385 from Bird Electronic Corporation, USA. It is shown in Fig. 1 that from the calculation and display unit 6 through the connection 27 a signal is trans ⁇ mitted which corresponds to the forward power, and through the connection 26 a signal corresponding to the standing wave ratio.
- the load impedance Z B is here constituted by a cir ⁇ cuit comprising a connection 11 and a tool 12, for instance for welding or drying cf an item 14.
- the tool 12 substan ⁇ tially consists of two plates 13, 15 which in combination constitute a capacitor, in which the item 14 forms part as a loss inducing dielectric.
- the circuit 8 acting as impedance transformer may be designed in many other ways commonly known within the field of radio engineering than those shown here.
- the con- figuration of the circuit shown in Fig. 1 is, however, par ⁇ ticularly advantageous when transforming into high vol ⁇ tages. In practice voltages up to 20-30 kV ⁇ - is needed for instance for welding of low loss plastic materials or glass, and this high voltage is to be present on the output terminal of the circuit 8.
- the regulator 25 is preferably designed for several different regulating purposes, which will be seen from the following. It may in this connection be designed to work according to one or more servo principles, many of which are per se known and used within the art of servo tech ⁇ nique.
- the regulator 25 receives via the connection 27 an error signal which is a signal from the calculation and display unit 6 of the high frequency wattmeter. This signal is used, when the regulator 25 is to tune to resonance and to adjust the impedance transforming ratio, when the treat ⁇ ment of an item is to be initiated.
- the signal is prefer ⁇ ably the value calculated by the high frequency wattmeter of the power brought forward through the transmission line 3, 5, 7.
- the regulator 25 receives over the connection 25 a second error signal which is likewise a signal from the calculation and display unit 6 of the high frequency wattmeter 4. This second signal is used when the regulator 25 is to correct the tuning to resonance and the adjustment of the impedance transforming ratio during the treatment of an item.
- the signal is preferably the value of the standing wave ratio on the transmission line 3, 5, 7 calculated by the high frequency wattmeter, but may also be any other measured or derived signal, for instance the reflected power running along the transmission line 3, 5, 7 from the circuit 8 in the direction towards the generator 2.
- the regulator 25 is by said correction to control two variables, viz. the value of the two continuously variable impedances 9 and 10 on basis of the value from a single error signal, viz. the standing wave ratio, which the regu-.
- the impedance transforming ratio of the circuit 8 is adjusted, said ratio being as said above expressible as a complex quantity and therefore a two-dimensional quan ⁇ tity.
- the deviation from correct impedance matching is likewise a two-dimensional quantity, whereas, however, the error signal is a one-dimensional quantity.
- Control of a two-dimensional quantity on basis of the deviation of a one-dimensional quantity cannot be attained straightaway by means of traditional regulators, but principles are known within the servo technique which allows such a control.
- a comparatively simple principle like for instance an alternating dither control, will provide a fully satisfactory control.
- a dither control the controlled quantity is allowed to vary periodically around the set value, while it is detected if the variation of the set value and the resulting variation in the error signal is in phase or in opposite phase; are they in phase, the controlled quantity is to be diminished to diminish the error, and are they in opposite phase, the controlled quantity is to be increased to diminish the error.
- Such a dither control can without any difficulty be performed alternately for several controlled quantities, and the regulation can be stopped, as long as the error is below a certain value to avoid unnecessary mechanical wear on the servo mechanisms.
- a registration unit 18 collects signals from the two servo mechanisms 21 and 22. These signals are preferably signals corresponding to the adjustments executed by the servo mechanisms of the two variable impedances 9 and 10. Two such signals will define the resulting impedance transforming ratio of the circuit 8, and consequently indirectly the load impedance Z B of the tool 1 (the impedance transforming ratio and the load impedance being as previously mentioned two-dimensio ⁇ nal quantities) , and by means of this signal capture it is possible to record the changes of the load impedance.
- the following course is an example of an advantage ⁇ ous regulation strategy for the two regulators 25 and 28 in controlling the impedance transforming ratio for the at ⁇ tainment of resonance and correct impedance matching:
- the regulator 28 adjusts the power of the gene- rator 2 to a low value, for instance a few percent of the value which is to be used in the treatment of the item 14,
- the servo mechanism 22 lets the coil 10 run through the whole of its regulation span, and the regulator 25 measures hereby through the connection 27 the forward power and registers the value of the setting of the coil 10 which gives the biggest forward power,
- steps 2) - 4) are repeated, but this time the adjust ⁇ ment starts with varying of the setting of the capacitor 9.
- a computer 31 or a similar control appa ⁇ ratus is shown, which by data circuits 30, which as indi ⁇ cated by arrows may be bi-directed, may be connected with one or more of the elements of the apparatus according to the invention.
- Fig. 3 shows an advantageous embodiment of a -coil
- Fig. 4 it is shown that the screw thread 45 in the tube 44 is designed with a bigger depth in radial di ⁇ rection, whereby a radial interspace 62 is created between the turn 57 and the bottom of the thread 45. This has been made to prevent the winding 46 and the tube 44 from being
- this tool 12 has a capacitance C ⁇ of
- the continuously variable coil 10 used has an inductance L of approx. 120 nH per turn of winding; the coil therefore has to be adjusted in such a way that at the start of the treatment approx. VA- winding 47 is clear of the tube 44. When using the apparatus 1 according to the invention these adjustments take place automatically as described above.
- the specific heat capacity of water is 335 kJ/kg and the heat of evaporation at 100°C is 2.25 MJ/kg, and the specific heat capacity of wood is left out of regard, this lot of wood will theoretically be heatable from 20-100°C in less than 4 ⁇ hours and subsequently water will be evaporable down to a water content of 20% in the course of 22 hours with the apparatus according to the in ⁇ vention and with a power of 50 kW.
- the apparatus 1 is in the drawing shown with two regulators 25, 28 and two servo mechanisms 21, 22.
- the ne ⁇ cessary regulating tasks may, however, very well be carried out with a different number of regulators, for instance three or with regulators being incorporated in the servo mechanisms.
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