Patent ID: 8009970
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A method for electrically energizing and heating a tube structure, the method comprising: providing a tube structure made of one of platinum and a platinum-alloy composite tube structure comprising a first main tube, a second main tube, and a branch tube connecting the first main tube and the second main tube; providing a first main tube electrode on the first main tube and a second main tube electrode on the second main tube; providing a first branch tube electrode on the branch tube and corresponding to the first main tube electrode, and providing a second branch tube electrode on the branch tube and corresponding to the second main tube electrode, such that an energizing path for the branch tube is divided into a first energizing path from the first main tube to the branch tube and a second energizing path from the branch tube to the second main tube; and performing energization control for the first energizing path and energization control for the second energizing path independently of each other.