High-temperature MEMS Heater Platforms: Long-term Performance of Metal and Semiconductor Heater Materials

High-temperature MEMS Heater Platforms: Long-term Performance of Metal and Semiconductor Heater Materials

Micromachined thermal heater platforms offer low electrical power consumption and high modulation speed, i.e. properties which are advantageous for realizing nondispersive infrared (NDIR) gasand liquid monitoring systems. In this paper, we report on investigations on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based infrared (IR) emitter devices heated by employing different kinds of metallic and semiconductor ...

Efficiency Analysis of a High-temperature Superconducting Induction Heater

In an induction heater for heating of aluminum billets, the main reason for using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes instead of conventional copper conductors is to reduce the large power losses in the induction coil. In this work we present how to calculate the different loss contributions of an induction heater based on HTS tapes. Calculations of these losses are used in the design ...

Dynamic System Testing Method and Artificial Neural Networks For Solar Water Heater Long-Term Performance Prediction

The performance of a solar hot water thermosyphon system was tested with the dynamic system method according to Standard ISO/CD/9459.5. The system is of closed circuit type and consists of two flat plate collectors with total aperture area of 2.74 m and of a 170 liters hot water storage tank. The system was modeled according to the procedures outlined in the standard with the weather conditions...

High-Efficiency Heater for a Thermoluminescence Apparatus

The paper reports on the optimization of a heater used in a Thermoluminescence glow curve apparatus. Two variants of the heater, planchet system and block system, are described. Both variants performed by a cheap material as graphite and designed following cryogenic principles, are very simple constructively, ensure minimum heat losses and require

Performance characteristics of a transpired solar air heater