Pool power control in remelting systems
| Patent Number: | 8,077,754 |
| Issued: | 12/13/2011 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | An apparatus for and method of controlling a remelting furnace comprising adjusting current supplied to an electrode based upon a predetermined pool power reference value and adjusting the electrode drive speed based upon the predetermined pool power reference value. |
| Filed: | 8/8/2006 |
| Application Number: | 11/501,198 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |