Heat-recovering temperature-gradient based oven system
AssigneeTesla Motors, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Gandhi Van Dyke, Turner Boris Caldwell
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A heat-recovering oven system based on temperature gradient comprises: multiple chambers arranged in a sequence, the chambers configured for operating at various temperatures according to a temperature gradient arrangement that spans the sequence; a conveyor configured for transporting product through the multiple chambers in the sequence for heat treatment according to the temperature gradient arrangement; and multiple temperature-segregated heat exchanger systems, each heat exchanger system including a heat exchanger, a conduit to at least one of the chambers based on its temperature in the temperature gradient arrangement, and a return conduit from the at least one chamber to the heat exchanger.
Claims20
A heat-recovering oven system based on temperature gradient, the heat-recovering oven system comprising:
- multiple chambers arranged in a sequence, the multiple chambers configured for operating at various temperatures according to a temperature gradient arrangement that spans the sequence;
- a conveyor configured for transporting product through the multiple chambers in the sequence for heat treatment according to the temperature gradient arrangement;
- and
- multiple temperature-segregated heat exchanger systems, each temperature-segregated heat exchanger system including a heat exchanger, a conduit to at least one of the chambers based on its temperature in the temperature gradient arrangement, and a return conduit from the at least one of the chambers to the heat exchanger.
A method of recovering heat in an oven system based on temperature gradient, the method comprising:
- setting up multiple chambers in a sequence according to a temperature gradient arrangement that spans the sequence, wherein a conveyor is configured for transporting product through the multiple chambers in the sequence for heat treatment according to the temperature gradient arrangement;
- arranging multiple heat exchangers for the oven system;
- and
- grouping the chambers with regard to the heat exchangers based on the temperature gradient arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.