EP2000003B1 - Unite de rayonnement d'infrarouge - Google Patents

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EP2000003B1
EP2000003B1 EP07723672A EP07723672A EP2000003B1 EP 2000003 B1 EP2000003 B1 EP 2000003B1 EP 07723672 A EP07723672 A EP 07723672A EP 07723672 A EP07723672 A EP 07723672A EP 2000003 B1 EP2000003 B1 EP 2000003B1
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Martin Klinecky
Jochen Simon
Sven Linow
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/0033—Heating devices using lamps
    • H05B3/009—Heating devices using lamps heating devices not specially adapted for a particular application
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
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    • H05B3/06—Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders

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  • the present invention relates to high power radiator modules, in particular NIR modules.
  • Such modules are surface radiators and usually contain at least two parallel juxtaposed infrared radiators, which have a simple round tube or a double tube.
  • air-cooled gold reflectors are suitable for focusing the radiation on the object to be irradiated.
  • Connected loads of 200 kW / m 2 and above can only be carried out with water-cooled reflectors, as the reflectors would otherwise be destroyed very quickly by overheating.
  • Such provided with an additional water cooling modules are from the DE 101 56 915 or from the DE 101 25 888 known.
  • ceramic fiber boards are disclosed as heat protection of the housing and as heat protection of a chamber in which the electrical leads and the cooling water hoses. These fiberboard protect the housing from stray radiation, which, despite the gold reflectors in the cooling channels, is still emitted in the direction of the module.
  • JP 07-198949 A and the JP 05-024853 A describe IR emitters, which are provided with a heat protection.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide high performance radiator modules with reduced hazard potential.
  • a heat protection which is inhomogeneous with respect to its optical density and consists of inorganic oxidic material is arranged between the radiator and the housing of a module.
  • the heat protection according to the invention enables connection surface powers of 200 kW / m 2 and more.
  • High-power radiators with the heat protection according to the invention are extremely robust and suitable for continuous operation, ie the radiator can be operated with complete equilibrium with the environment. This equilibrium state usually sets in after 5 to 15 minutes.
  • Fibers are no longer necessary for the heat protection according to the invention, which is why the danger potential emanating from fiber material is eliminated according to the invention.
  • monolithic sintered body which is suitable as heat protection, in particular one-piece heat protection or as a heat protection element
  • monolithic sintered bodies of slip such as. B. Quarzmehlschlicker, produced by sintering.
  • the decisive factor is that the optical density of the heat protection varies with respect to IR radiation and possibly with respect to UV radiation, in particular in the micro range is uneven. Have to Bubbles or doping proven.
  • the dimensions of these inclusions are less than 1 mm, preferably less than 100 ⁇ m, and more preferably less than 10 ⁇ m.
  • the heat protection which is optically inhomogeneous with respect to IR radiation consists of a material transparent to IR radiation, such as quartz glass or Al 2 O 3 ceramic.
  • a material transparent to IR radiation such as quartz glass or Al 2 O 3 ceramic.
  • variations in the optical density, in particular by different phases within the inorganic oxide material are formed so that these variations in the optical density of the material scatter substantial radiation components.
  • this invention according to the invention in its optical density with respect to IR radiation or possibly UV radiation non-uniform material in the wavelength range in which a very high transparency would be achieved in homogeneous and single-phase design of the material, not the energy transfer, which Damage the case.
  • this is the wavelength range from 180 nm to 5000 nm for quartz glass.
  • This property is achieved by an optical inhomogeneity of the quartz glass, such as by targeted and homogeneous introduction of bubbles and disturbances.
  • Alumina in pure form has a very good transmission of UV radiation to about 6000 nm out.
  • the said property is achieved by a suitable microcrystalline structure of the solid.
  • the shield is applicable under conditions that metallic reflectors can no longer withstand, although the shield absorbs more radiant energy or radiant power than reflectors, but not as it thereby loses its functionality. While metallic reflectors depend in their functionality on their surface and thus lose their functionality when damaged, the functionality of the heat protection according to the invention depends on its thickness, which in contrast to the known reflectors, the rusticity of the heat protection increases with the thickness thereof.
  • High-performance radiator modules which are distinguished by the fact that the heat protection arranged between radiator and housing has only one air cooling for its cooling, wherein in a preferred embodiment the air cooling additionally cools the radiator.
  • a simple air cooling whose energy consumption in relation to the radiator power is negligible, for example in the percent or per thousand range, are with the heat protection according to the invention robust high-power radiator modules with a pad power from 400 to 600 KW / m 2 feasible.
  • connection capacities of more than 600 KW / m 2 are possible, whereby even surface powers of more than 1 MW / m 2 can be realized.
  • a simple air cooling takes place for example by an air flow from a fan, a fan or a centrifugal compressor.
  • cooling with another process gas e.g. Nitrogen or argon included.
  • the invention also encompasses the cooling with a stream of compressed air or other suitable gas, which was not generated directly by means of a centrifugal compressor, a fan or a fan, but is taken indirectly from a pressure circuit or pressure vessels, as well as any other known to the expert variant the generation of a suitable gas stream.
  • the heat protection on the side of the case is coated with gold. This reduces the secondary radiation from the surface of a heated in operation heat protection. The radiation of the secondary radiation then takes place predominantly from the ungolded radiator-side surface.
  • the high-performance radiator modules equipped with the heat protection according to the invention show no deterioration of the efficiency with increasing operating time, as is known, for example, from high-power radiator modules with water-cooled reflectors.
  • the inorganic oxide material of the heat protection can be selected from high-temperature-stable glasses, in particular quartz glass, as well as from glass ceramics, aluminosilicate or ceramics, in particular aluminum oxide. Pure quartz glass and pure aluminum oxide ceramics have proven to be particularly suitable.
  • Invention vessel is provided a radiation protection, which returns much more power in the direction of the irradiating object of the radiation power directed at him, as he radiates on his back on the module and transmits. Another decisive factor is that the radiation protection does not heat up to self-destruction.
  • the radiation protection devices according to the invention it is possible for the first time to provide high-power radiator modules with a connection area power of 200 watts and far beyond that without water or liquid cooling.
  • the radiation protection according to the invention is also suitable for modules with a connected load between 100 and 200 watts / m 2 , in particular for the range of 150 to 200 watts / m 2 in which considerable efforts are made to get along without water cooling.
  • the radiation protection according to the invention furthermore makes it possible to further increase the connection area power of the order of magnitude of 1 MW / m 2 achievable so far with water-cooled reflectors, in particular in the case of water-cooled modules.
  • optical, inhomogeneous quartz glass has proven to be radiation protection, especially in a composite with gold, in which the optical, inhomogeneous quartz glass directed to the module front is, ie in the direction of the object to be irradiated and the gold is arranged as a layer facing back on the back of the module on the optical, inhomogeneous quartz glass.
  • quartz glass ceramics or ceramics glazed with quartz glass, in particular with a gold coating on the back can be used.
  • the back side is coated with gold or a gold reflector to spaced.
  • Air cooling has proved its worth by directing an air flow from the back of the module through openings in the radiation protection onto the radiators.
  • the emitters used according to the invention have a heating filament arranged in an envelope or a discharge space delimited in the envelope.
  • the envelope is preferably tubular or double-tube-shaped, wherein the tube ends are sealed vacuum-tight and have current feedthroughs.
  • the radiation maximum of the radiators is preferably in the NIR, in particular in the IR-A.
  • the heating filament preferably consists essentially of tungsten or carbon.
  • a heat protection according to the invention between the cladding tube of the radiator and the housing holding the radiator is advantageous, in particular when using a plurality of radiators in a module.
  • the heat protection 3 is made of an optical, inhomogeneous quartz glass according to the Heraeus brochure "Opaque Fused Material OFM 970".
  • a heat protection 3 made of optically inhomogeneous quartz glass according to Heraeus brochure "Opaque Fused Material OFM 970" is coated on the housing side with gold, as already done for gold-plated cladding of infrared radiators in a known manner.
  • FIG. 1 shows a module with a surface power of 400 kW / m 2 , in which 6 twin tube radiator (1) arranged parallel to each other and fixed by means of holding elements (2).
  • the heat protection elements (3) according to the invention made of optically inhomogeneous quartz glass are shaped as half shells and either fixed to the radiator tubes by glassblowing or correspondingly FIG. 1 by means of additional retaining elements (4). These half shells are arranged so that the individual emitters do not illuminate each other.
  • the actual module consists of a housing (11), an inlet opening for air (12) and a baffle plate (13) at which the incoming air flow is distributed in the module housing.
  • a diffuser plate 14
  • This sheet is firstly the mechanical support of emitter and reflector, which can also be held elsewhere in the module.
  • holes or slots are incorporated in this diffuser plate, which serve to optimally shape the cooling gas flow.
  • holes or slots in particular centrally behind the individual heat shields to be ordered.
  • additional plates from the heat shield material are arranged (15).
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a section of the FIG. 1 , Shells made of OMF 70 are used as the heat shield (according to the Heraeus brochure "Opaque Fused Material OFM 70"), whereby many other quartz glasses optically inhomogeneous to IR radiation can serve as the starting material.
  • the twin tube radiators arranged in parallel are held at their long, unheated ends and are arranged in front of a plate of optically inhomogeneous, gold-plated quartz glass.
  • This plate consists of several segments to keep production costs low. Holes are inserted into the segments at suitable positions, so that the gas made available in the module housing by means of suitable devices flows out through these holes in such a way that the emitters are effectively blown and convectively cooled, and secondly the still cold gas flow from the housing through the heat shield this cools.
  • the plates are made of OM100 (according to Heraeus brochure "OM 100 High purity opaque quartz glass"), although many other optically inhomogeneous quartz glasses can be used as starting material.
  • the twin tube radiators arranged in parallel are held at their long, unheated ends.
  • the rear heat shield consists of a plate transparent quartz glass, on which a sufficiently strong layer of optically inhomogeneous quartz was applied as a slip and subsequently sintered. This layer is aligned in the direction of the infrared radiator and gold plated the back quartz plate. Slots and holes for cooling the heat shield and the radiator are performed as in Embodiment 2, but the amount of air for cooling increased accordingly.

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  1. Module de lampe haute puissance, dans lequel une protection thermique (3) en matériau oxydé inorganique est disposée entre lampe (1) et logement (11), caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) se compose d'un matériau essentiellement exempt de fibre et inhomogène optiquement par rapport au rayonnement IR et le module de lampe haute puissance (1) présente une puissance de face de raccordement d'au moins 200 kW/m2 et la protection thermique (3) est si épaisse qu'elle présente une transmission IR de moins de 10 % à une température comprise entre 0 et 1000°C.
  2. Module de lampe haute puissance selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) présente uniquement un refroidissement à air pour son refroidissement.
  3. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le matériau oxydé, inhomogène optiquement, présente du verre de quartz, des verres stables à température élevée, des vitrocéramiques, des aluminosilicates, des céramiques.
  4. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'un courant d'air refroidissant est guidé par le biais de panneaux à protection thermique vers les lampes (1).
  5. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) présente des ouvertures à travers lesquelles l'air de refroidissement peut être guidé sur les lampes (1).
  6. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le matériau de la protection thermique (3) présente des inclusions.
  7. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que sa protection thermique (3) présente du matériau avec une granulométrie dans le domaine des nanomètres ou micromètres.
  8. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) est un corps fritté ou présente un corps fritté par lampe.
  9. Module de lampe haute puissance selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) est un monolithe ou présente un monolithe par lampe.
  10. Utilisation d'un module de lampe selon la revendication 1 en tant que module de lampe haute puissance à refroidissement à eau avec une puissance de face de raccordement d'au moins 600 kW/m2, notamment d'au moins 1 mégawatt/m2.
  11. Procédé de fabrication d'un module de lampe selon la revendication 1, dans lequel plusieurs lampes (1) ou unités de lampe (1) sont raccordées électriquement et maintenues mécaniquement dans un logement (11) avec une ouverture de sortie pour le rayonnement émis, caractérisé en ce qu'une protection thermique (3) en matériau oxydé inorganique est disposée sur le côté des lampes qui sont détournées de l'ouverture de sortie, caractérisé en ce que la protection thermique (3) est inhomogène optiquement et essentiellement exempte de fibre.
  12. Procédé de fabrication d'un module de lampe selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce qu'une couche d'or est disposée entre la protection thermique (3) et le logement (11), notamment par enduction côté logement de la protection thermique avec de l'or.
  13. Utilisation d'une protection thermique oxydée inorganique (3) pour un module de lampe haute puissance selon la revendication 1, notamment avec une puissance de face de raccordement d'au moins 200 kW/m2, caractérisée en ce que la protection thermique (3) est inhomogène optiquement et essentiellement exempte de fibre.
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