Phasors for fluid conductors and vertical electric glass melters

Abstract

Phasors are useful in electrical engineering but they are even more useful when used to display and/or explain phenomena associated with fluid conductors. Phasor diagrams include not only the applied voltages but all the voltages found in the fluid. This has been illustrated by constructing and discussing phasor diagrams for a variety of circuits used in vertical glass melters. It has been shown that these diagrams can disclose wiring errors and/or undesirable voltage distributions. In many cases they can lead to designing improved circuits and/or alternate circuits which may have equivalent voltage distributions. Phasor diagrams have also been used as an aid in designing new circuitry with symmetrical electrical distributions. Simultaneous consideradon of current and voltage phasors yields correct phase angles and equations to calculate power.