GB2045737A - Electrically conductive materials for heating elements and a method of making them - Google Patents

Electrically conductive materials for heating elements and a method of making them Download PDF

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GB2045737A
GB2045737A GB8008823A GB8008823A GB2045737A GB 2045737 A GB2045737 A GB 2045737A GB 8008823 A GB8008823 A GB 8008823A GB 8008823 A GB8008823 A GB 8008823A GB 2045737 A GB2045737 A GB 2045737A
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04BLIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B26/00Compositions of mortars, concrete or artificial stone, containing only organic binders, e.g. polymer or resin concrete
    • C04B26/02Macromolecular compounds
    • C04B26/26Bituminous materials, e.g. tar, pitch
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/14Closures
    • B22D41/22Closures sliding-gate type, i.e. having a fixed plate and a movable plate in sliding contact with each other for selective registry of their openings
    • B22D41/28Plates therefor
    • B22D41/36Treating the plates, e.g. lubricating, heating
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01BCABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B1/00Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors
    • H01B1/20Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material
    • H01B1/24Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material the conductive material comprising carbon-silicon compounds, carbon or silicon
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01CRESISTORS
    • H01C7/00Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
    • H01C7/001Mass resistors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/10Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor

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Abstract

The invention relates to electrically conductive material for resistive heating elements containing between 50 and 70% by weight graphite, between 2 and 10% by weight silicon metal and about 10% binding pitch and optionally also about 10% each of anhydrous clay and silicon carbide. The invention also relates to a refractory part such as a sliding plate or a housing for a sliding plate valve having within them one or more heating elements made of such a materially moulding.

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SPECIFICATION Electrically conductive materials for heating elements and a method of making them The invention relates to electrically conductive materials for resistive heating elements based on carbon and silicon and to heating elements made from such material for embedding or moulding in refractory parts, especially those subject to wear, i.e. which come into contact with molten metal, and relates in particular to such elements for use in plates or housings of sliding gate valves. The invention also relates to a method of making refractory parts incorporating such elements.
In conventional refractory wear parts, e.g.
sliding plates for sliding gate valves on metallurgical containers of the type disclosed in Swiss Patent No. 444390, a resistive metal wire is embedded or moulded in them to serve as a heating element. German Patent No. 402861 discloses, by way of example, a process for the production of heating elements from silicate materials containing carbon. In this process the red-hot basic material is exposed to a stream of oxygen which oxidises the carbon on the surface to carbon dioxide and after this oxygen treatment the surface is provided with an enamel coating which renders the element airtight. In this way the carbon exposed to the oxygen in the air is saved from oxisation. German Patent No.
82455 discloses a process for the production of heating rods, in which the principal constituents are silicon and carbon, and which are obtained by heating carbon-containing members in a bed which produces silicon vapour and different parts of the member being treated are embedded in different bed compositions in order to produce different silicon contents at different points.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electrically conductive heating element which when used in refractory wear parts, particularly those made from refractory concrete, make it possible to heat these wear parts for a relatively long time to relatively high temperatures of, for example, 1500"C, so that these wear parts can be used in sliding gate valves in which the melt can be effectively prevented from freezing so that the gate valve can be used for a large number of pourings.
According to one aspect of the present invention an electrically conductive material for heating elements for embedding or moulding in refractory parts, especially those made of refractory concrete, contains between 50 and 70%, and preferably about 60% by weight graphite, e.g. natural graphite comprising crystal platelets of some tenths of a millimetre in size, between 2 and 10%, and preferably about 8% by weight slicon metal powder and between 5 and 15%, and preferably about 10% by weight binding pitch.
A heating element made from such material is not solid even at 1 500,C, but remains soft.
Thus it cannot crack, is not affected by expansion and contraction of the material in which it is set and absorbs thermal variations in length and volume. The composition can be so set that an optimum specific resistance of 0.05 Ohm cm can be achieved. The maximum current density should preferably not exceed 30 A/cm2. The heating capacity can be 1.5 to 2 kW. The heating element is refractory and thus a refractory component of the wear part. Thus the simple production of a refractory member with an electrical resistance heating capability for use at relatively high temperatures is possible, whereas this was not possible with earlier resistive metal wires.
Thermal stresses do not occur in the heated wear parts.
The conductivity of the heating element can be altered by altering the graphite content, the silicon metal dust improves the oxidation stability since it shields the graphite from oxygen, and the binding pitch, apart from its binding function, also serves to set the thermal resistance so as to maintain as uniform as possible a current density.
Preferably the material contains 5 to 20% and preferably 10% by weight anhydrous clay, e.g. windsifted plastic binding clay, which improves the workability of the material.
The material preferably also contains 5 to 20% and more preferably 10% by weight of SiC powder which provides an optimum strength.
The invention also embraces a method of making such a material which comprises mixing together all the components with the exception of the graphite, and then adding the graphite. Such a method is found to optimise the conductivity of the material. The invention also embraces a heated refractory part, preferably made of refractory concrete, incorporating one or more heating elements made from such a material. The or each heating element may be present in grooves or openings in the refractory part in the form of an isostatically preformed element or in the form of an in-situ moulded heating element.
The or each heating element is preferably in the form of a heating rod and surrounded by an Awl203 ceramic pipe which in turn is preferably surrounded by a plastics foil of polyamide or polyester material.
The ceramic pipes serve principally to protect the heating elements against oxidation and to protect them against mechanical damage. The plastic foil serves as an additional protection against oxidation. It has been found that an optimum heating effect can be achieved when the or each heating element is in the form of a straight rod.
In one preferred embodiment the refractory part comprises a sliding plate for a sliding plate valve for a metallurgical vessel, the sliding plate having formed in it a discharge opening on each side of which extends a heating rod, the heating rods being substantially parallel and the working surface of the sliding plate being located between the two heating rods. Each heating rod is preferably spaced between 10 and 30 mm from the discharge opening and may have a diameter of between 5 and 10 mm.
In a further preferred embodiment the refractory part comprises an axially symmetrical hollow housing for a sliding plate valve for a metallurgical vessel having two or more heating rods distributed around its periphery and extending substantially in the axial direction.
The heating rods preferably extend at each end between 20 and 50 mm beyond the edge of the refractory part. This enables the electrical connections to be made remote from the refractory part. The or each heating rod preferably has at each end an electrical connection which extends over an area of between 1 and 5 cm2 on its projecting surface. Such a construction prevents overheating of the electrical connections.
The refractory part may be impregnated with tar and may be burnt before its first use.
The invention further embraces a method of production of such a refractory part. Thus according to a further aspect of the invention such a method comprises introducing into a mould a quantity of chemically or hydraulically setting refractory concrete, vibrating the concrete and forming a groove or opening in it into which the electrically conductive material is introduced to constitute a heating rod either by in-situ moulding or in the form of a preformed heating rod, and then adding a further quantity of refractory concrete which is vibrated to compress it and the concrete is finally hardened. According to a still further aspect of the invention such a method comprises inserting into a mould one or more preformed heating rods of the conducting material and then inserting chemically or hydraulically setting refractory concrete and then vibrating, compressing and hardening it.
The refractory concrete may be based on tabular alumina with cement. The or each heating element may be within an Awl203 ceramic sleeve which in turn may be within a plastics foil. After hardening the refractory part may be impregnated with tar and/or burnt before use.
Further features and details of the invention will be apparent from the following description of certain specific embodiments which is given by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic horizontal sectional view of a sliding plate for a sliding gate valve; Figure 2 is a diagrammatic lateral sectionalview of a housing with heating elements according to the present invention and Figure 3a and 3b shown to alternative embodiments of the current connections to the heating elements.
The elongate sliding plate 4 shown in Fig.
1 has two straight heating rods 2 formed of a mixture of components as described above which are parallel to the longitudinal edges of the plate and to each other and which are accommodated in aluminium oxide (Al203) ceramic pipes 1, the ends of which project beyond the ends of the sliding plate 4. Between the heating rods 2 are the discharge opening 6 through which, in use, molten metal flows and the working surface 9 of the sliding plate 4. At each end of the ceramic pipes 1 there is an opening through which a current supply lead 5 is led to respective capshaped electrical connection 3 which are let into the heating rods 2.
Fig. 2 shows a frusto-conical sliding gate valve housing 7 having within it a centrally disposed frusto-conical passage which is adapted to be subjected to wear and whir:1 has within it four heating rods 2 extending substantially in the axial direction, i.e. only slightly inclined to the axis of the housing at an angle between that of the inner surface of the housing and that of its outer surface.
These heating rods 2 are straight and are retained in ceramic pipes 1 the ends of which project from the housing 7 where the current is supplied in a manner similar to that shown in Fig. 1. In the illustrated example four heating rods 2 offset by 90 are arranged in the wall of the housing 7.
Fig. 3a shows in detail the arrangement of the electrical connection 3 to the current supply 5 which has already been described in connection with Fig. 1.
Fig. 3b shows in detail an alternative current connection 3 of a heating rod 2 which is inserted in a groove 8 without a special ceramic pipe 1.

Claims (21)

1. Electrically conductive material for heating elements for embedding or moulding in refractory parts containing between 50 and 70% by weight graphite, between 2 and 10% by weight silicon metal powder and between 5 and 15% by weight of binding pitch.
2. A material is claimed in Claim 1 containing between 5 and 20% by weight anhydrous clay.
3. A material as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2 containing between 5 and 20% by weight SiC powder.
4. A method of making a material as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3 which comprises mixing together all the components with the exception of the graphite, and then adding the graphite.
5. A heated refractory part having in it one or more electrical heating elements made from a material as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3.
6. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 5 which is made of refractory concrete.
7. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 5 or Claim 6 in which the or each heating element is present in grooves or openings in it in the form of an isostatically pressed preformed heating element.
8. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 5 or Claim 6 in which the or each heating element is moulded in situ in grooves or openings in it.
9. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 8 in which the or each heating element is in the form of a heating rod and surrounded by an Awl203 ceramic pipe.
10. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 9 in which the or each ceramic pipe is surrounded by a plastics foil of polyamide or polyester.
11. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 10 comprising a sliding plate for a sliding plate valve for a metallurgical vessel, the sliding plate having formed in it a discharge opening on each side of which extends a heating rod, the heating rods being substantially parallel and the working surface of the sliding plate being located between the two heating rods.
1 2. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 11 in which each heating rod is spaced between 10 and 30 mm from the discharge opening.
1 3. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 9 to 1 2 in which the or each heating rod has a diameter of between 5 and 10 mm.
14. A refractory part as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 10 which comprises an axially symmetrical hollow housing for a sliding plate valve for a metallurgical vessel having two or more heating rods distributed around its periphery and extending substantially in the axial direction.
1 5. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 9 to 14 in which the heating rods extend at each end between 20 and 50 mm beyond its edge.
16. A refractory part as claimed in Claim 1 5 in which the or each heating rod has at each end an electrical connection which extends over an area of between land 5 cm2 on its projecting surface.
1 7. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 1 6 which is impregnated with tar.
1 8. A refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 1 7 which is burnt before its first use.
1 9. A method of production of a refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 1 8 comprising introducing into a mould a quantity of chemically or hydraulically setting refractory concrete, vibrating the concrete and forming a groove or opening in it into which a material as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3 is introduced to constitute a heating rod either by in-situ moulding or in the form of a preformed heating rod, and then adding a further quantity of refractory concrete which is vibrated to compress it and the concrete is finally hardened.
20. A method of production of a refractory part as claimed in any one of Claims 5 to 18 comprising inserting into a mould one or more preformed heating rods of a material as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3 and then inserting chemically or hydraulically setting refractory concrete and then vibrating, compressing and hardening it.
21. A refractory part having in it one or more heating elements of electrically conductive material substantially as specifically herein described with reference to Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 in combination with either of Figs. 3a or 3b.
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