US3201738A - Electrical heating element and insulation therefor - Google Patents

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US3201738A
US3201738A US241378A US24137862A US3201738A US 3201738 A US3201738 A US 3201738A US 241378 A US241378 A US 241378A US 24137862 A US24137862 A US 24137862A US 3201738 A US3201738 A US 3201738A
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    • 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
    • H05B3/40Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes
    • H05B3/42Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes non-flexible
    • H05B3/48Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes non-flexible heating conductor embedded in insulating material
    • 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
    • C04B35/00Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/01Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxide ceramics
    • C04B35/03Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxide ceramics based on magnesium oxide, calcium oxide or oxide mixtures derived from dolomite
    • 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
    • H05B3/18Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor the conductor being embedded in an insulating material

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  • Heating elements of the type comprising an inner, electrically resistive conductor, a surrounding layer of magnesia, electrical insulation and an outermost protective jacket are widely used in many industrial heating devices as well as in devices such as household ovens.
  • This type of heating element is much more durable than, for example, exposed resistance Wire. structurally, it usually includes: (1) a coiled resistance wire composed of alloys such as those made up of l-16 percent chromium, 59-62 percent nickel, about 24 percent iron and 0.1 percent carbon; (2) compacted magnesia powder containing minor amounts of impurities surrounding the resistance coil as an insulator; and (3) an outer protective jacket normally constructed of metals ranging from lead to high temperature alloys.
  • magnesia insulation breaks down and the unit becomes useless. This breakdown occurs as a result of electrical current leakage which takes place between the resistance coil and the outer jacket which is at ground potential. Thus, the potential difference causes ion transport through the magnesia insulation with electrolytic decomposition thereof. Additionally, the upper operating temperature limit has also been dependent upon the effectiveness of the magnesia insulation.
  • Another object or" this invention is to provide a magnesium-oxide, lithium-oxide insulation material.
  • FIG. 1 is an enlarged elevation, partly broken away, of the type of heating element with which this invention is concerned;
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing the fraction of electrolytic conductivity for doped and undoped magnesia as a function of temperature
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing the conductivity of lithiumoxide doped and undoped magnesia specimens as a function of temperature.
  • this invention is concerned with a new doped magnesia composition and specifically with the use of the composition as the insulating material surrounding the heating coil or resistive conductor in a shielded heating element or unit.
  • the magnesia contains small but effective amounts up to the solid solubility limit of lithiumoxide, Li O or about 0.010 mol percent.
  • the purpose of the lithium-oxide additions is to reduce the ionic conduction which is felt to exist between the resistive conductor and the outer metallic protective sheet or jacket through the magnesia insulating material.
  • the ionic conduction that is the carrying of current by ions, results in deterioration and eventual failure of the unit.
  • ionic or electrolytic conductivity in from magnesium ion transport it has now unexpectedly been found that small amounts of lithium added to the magnesia substantially reduce the ionic electrolytic conductivity thereof at those temperatures where magnesia is predominately an ionic conductor. Specifically, ionic conduction is predominant up to about 1000 C. and then decreases as electronic conduction increases as the temperature is raised to 1500 C.
  • Element 10 indicates the type of resistance heating device in which the insulation of this invention is most useful.
  • Element 10 is constructed of an innermost, electrically resistive conductor 11 through which electricity flows.
  • these conductors 11 are constructed in a spiral or helical form, as indicated, and are composed of high resistance alloys.
  • suitable alloys include those such as Nichrome, which are high resistance alloys, composed of from 15 to 16 percent chromium, 59 to 62 percent nickel, about 24 percent iron and about 0.1 percent carbon.
  • magnesia 12 Surrounding the conductor 11 is a quantity of particulate magnesia 12 which is packed tightly about conductor 11, this compaction usually being performed by a swaging operation although rolling is used occasionally.
  • the magnesia normally is fairly low in impurity content, containing only several hundred parts per million of impurities such as calcium, aluminum, silicon and iron.
  • the structure of the heating element is completed by an outermost metallic jacket 13 which serves to protect the elements 11 and 12 from breakage. This jacket will be constructed of some metal which is sufiiciently heat-resistant to withstand the designed operating temperature of the heating device.
  • a metal such as lead can be used
  • a high alloy metal such as lnconel can be used.
  • Inconel is a high nickelchromium iron alloy which, in the wrought form, contains 79.5 percent nickel, 13 percent chromium, 6.5 percent iron, 0.25 percent manganese, 0.25 percent silicon, 0.8 percent carbon and 0.20 percent copper.
  • curve 15 indicates the ionic conductivity of a magnesia specimen containing 0.010 mol percent dissolved lithium-oxide
  • curve 16 illustrates the fraction of ionic conductivity of an undoped magnesia specimen. It is apparent by a comparison of the two curves that the fraction of ionic conductivity has been reduced in the material of curve 15. It should particularly be noted that the reduction is significant at 1000 C. which is currently the upper operating limit for most of the commercial heating devices constructed similarly to that shown in FIG. 1 of the drawing.
  • the conductivity as a function of reciprocal temperature of the two specimens used to obtain Curves 15 and 16 of FIG. 2
  • the magnesia which contains the lithium-oxide addition of curve 20
  • An electrical resistance heating element comprising, an
  • an insulating ceramic consisting of magnesiumoxide containing dissolved amounts of lithium-oxide up to the solid solubility limit thereof effective to give said insulating ceramic a fraction of ionic conductivity no higher than about 0.6 at 1000 C., said ceramic surrounding said resistive conductor, and a protective jacket enclosing said ceramic.

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DE1902433A1 (de) * 1968-02-01 1969-08-28 Gen Electric Elektrisch isolierende,feuerfeste Masse
US3477058A (en) * 1968-02-01 1969-11-04 Gen Electric Magnesia insulated heating elements and methods of production
US4129774A (en) * 1975-08-28 1978-12-12 Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd. Filling materials for heating elements
US4234786A (en) * 1979-02-12 1980-11-18 General Electric Company Magnesia insulated heating elements and method of making the same
US4473654A (en) * 1983-08-18 1984-09-25 The J. E. Baker Company Low temperature bonding of refractory aggregates and refractory products of improved cold strength
US4506251A (en) * 1981-05-19 1985-03-19 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Sheathed resistance heater
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US6392206B1 (en) 2000-04-07 2002-05-21 Waltow Polymer Technologies Modular heat exchanger
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US6516142B2 (en) 2001-01-08 2003-02-04 Watlow Polymer Technologies Internal heating element for pipes and tubes
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US3369209A (en) * 1964-02-07 1968-02-13 Edwin Bjorn Electric heating element
DE1902433A1 (de) * 1968-02-01 1969-08-28 Gen Electric Elektrisch isolierende,feuerfeste Masse
US3477058A (en) * 1968-02-01 1969-11-04 Gen Electric Magnesia insulated heating elements and methods of production
US4129774A (en) * 1975-08-28 1978-12-12 Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd. Filling materials for heating elements
US4234786A (en) * 1979-02-12 1980-11-18 General Electric Company Magnesia insulated heating elements and method of making the same
US4506251A (en) * 1981-05-19 1985-03-19 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Sheathed resistance heater
US4473654A (en) * 1983-08-18 1984-09-25 The J. E. Baker Company Low temperature bonding of refractory aggregates and refractory products of improved cold strength
US6432344B1 (en) 1994-12-29 2002-08-13 Watlow Polymer Technology Method of making an improved polymeric immersion heating element with skeletal support and optional heat transfer fins
US6263158B1 (en) 1999-05-11 2001-07-17 Watlow Polymer Technologies Fibrous supported polymer encapsulated electrical component
US6434328B2 (en) 1999-05-11 2002-08-13 Watlow Polymer Technology Fibrous supported polymer encapsulated electrical component
US6188051B1 (en) 1999-06-01 2001-02-13 Watlow Polymer Technologies Method of manufacturing a sheathed electrical heater assembly
US6392208B1 (en) 1999-08-06 2002-05-21 Watlow Polymer Technologies Electrofusing of thermoplastic heating elements and elements made thereby
US6433317B1 (en) 2000-04-07 2002-08-13 Watlow Polymer Technologies Molded assembly with heating element captured therein
US6392206B1 (en) 2000-04-07 2002-05-21 Waltow Polymer Technologies Modular heat exchanger
US6748646B2 (en) 2000-04-07 2004-06-15 Watlow Polymer Technologies Method of manufacturing a molded heating element assembly
US6519835B1 (en) 2000-08-18 2003-02-18 Watlow Polymer Technologies Method of formable thermoplastic laminate heated element assembly
US6541744B2 (en) 2000-08-18 2003-04-01 Watlow Polymer Technologies Packaging having self-contained heater
US6516142B2 (en) 2001-01-08 2003-02-04 Watlow Polymer Technologies Internal heating element for pipes and tubes
US6539171B2 (en) 2001-01-08 2003-03-25 Watlow Polymer Technologies Flexible spirally shaped heating element
US6744978B2 (en) 2001-01-08 2004-06-01 Watlow Polymer Technologies Small diameter low watt density immersion heating element
US20050098684A1 (en) * 2003-03-14 2005-05-12 Watlow Polymer Technologies Polymer-encapsulated heating elements for controlling the temperature of an aircraft compartment
US20120134655A1 (en) * 2004-02-05 2012-05-31 Paul Kam Ching Chan Radiator apparatus

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