Patent ID: 11867430
Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 6:
7. The heater system according to claim 6, wherein the power supply device is configured to use the scaling factor as a function of at least one of a power dissipation capacity of at least one independently controlled heating zone, a maximum allowable temperature of at least one independently controlled heating zone, an exposed heating area of at least one independently controlled heating zone, a thermal behavior model of the heating system, characteristics of an environmental system producing fluid flow being heated by the heater system, a fluid flow rate across the heater assembly, an area of at least one independently controlled heating zone, electrical insulation resistance of at least one independently controlled heating zone, an electrical current leakage of at least one independently controlled heating zone, a circuit resistance of at least one independently controlled heating zone, a zone circuit EMF of at least one independently controlled heating zone, and a dielectric constant of at least one independently controlled heating zone.