Electric cable, conductor, heating element, method for producing conductor and heating element, and heating device using heating element
AssigneesJIKAN TECHNO, Inc., S.K.G. Co., Ltd., Takahiro Kinoshita
InventorsKazuya OKAMOTO, Takahiro KINOSHITA
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Abstract
A heating element is used, a periphery of the heating element is covered with a net-shaped conductor, the conductor and a carbon fiber bundle are electrically connected with a connecting tool at one end of the heating element, a periphery of the conductor is covered with an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity and an insulating property, and the other end of the heating element is provided with a power supply terminal configured to supply power.
Claims16
A heating element comprising:
- a carbide obtained by carbonizing a vegetable material containing silicon, carbon fibers each of which is continuous and obtained by mixing and spinning the carbide and resin;
- a carbon fiber bundle formed by bundling up the carbon fibers;
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- a heating unit configured to store the carbon fiber bundle in a tube having flexibility.
A method for producing a heating element comprising:
- a pretreatment process of drying and pulverizing a vegetable material to obtain a carbon source;
- a carbonization process of carbonizing the carbon source to obtain a carbide, the carbonization process including a heating process of supplying an inert gas into a chamber and heating the carbon source in the chamber in a plasma atmosphere;
- a carbon fiber production process of mixing the carbide containing silicon with resin, dissolving a mixture of the carbide and the resin into a solvent to obtain carbon fibers each of which is continuous and discharged from a nozzle;
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- a tube storing process of storing the carbon fibers bundled up in an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity, and an insulating property.
A method for producing a heating element comprising:
- a pretreatment process of drying and pulverizing a vegetable material containing silicon to obtain a carbon source;
- a carbonization process of carbonizing the carbon source to obtain a carbide, the carbonization process including a heating process of supplying an inert gas into a chamber and heating the carbon source in the chamber in a plasma atmosphere;
- a carbon fiber production process of obtaining carbon fibers each of which is produced by making the carbide containing silicon adhere to a surface of a base material of a single fiber;
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- a tube storing process of storing the carbon fibers bundled up in an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity, and an insulating property.
A method for producing a conductor comprising:
- a pretreatment process of pulverizing a vegetable material to obtain a carbon source;
- a carbonization process of carbonizing the carbon source to obtain a carbide;
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- a purification process of removing an impurity containing silica from the carbide obtained in the carbonization process,
- wherein the carbonization process including
- a heating process of supplying an inert gas into a chamber and heating the carbon source in the chamber in a plasma atmosphere,
- a carbon fiber production process of mixing a carbide obtained in the purification process with resin, dissolving a mixture of the carbide and the resin into a solvent to obtain carbon fibers each of which is continuous and discharged from a nozzle;
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- a tube storing process of storing the carbon fibers bundled up in an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity, and an insulating property.
A conductor produced by mixing one of a carbon nanotube and graphene into a shrinkable rubber material so as to be formed into one of a linear shape and a piece shape, and covering an outer periphery of the shrinkable rubber material with an insulator.
A method for producing a conductor comprising:
- a carbon fiber production process of mixing a carbide with resin and dissolving mixture of the carbide and the resin into a solvent to obtain carbon fibers each of which is continuous and discharged from a nozzle;
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- a tube storing process of storing the carbon fibers bundled up in an outer skin having flexibility and an insulating property.
A conductor produced by continuously forming a shrinkable rubber material at a center, making one of a carbon nanotube and graphene adhere to a periphery of the shrinkable rubber material, and covering an outer periphery the one of the carbon nanotube and the graphene with an insulator.
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