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mayarefugee
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Hello Everyone,
I've been looking for an answer to problem I have and I'm getting nowhere so I thought asking the question in a place like this might be useful.
I'm planning to build a kiln. I have refractory material that can sustain 1500 degrees celsius. I'm trying to choose an element but I don't understand heat that well.
If I put any element (of reasonable wattage) in their at full power will the inside of the kiln continually get hotter and eventually get to a high temp?
How should I choose an element (I will be putting a PID controller on it by the way) - I want to get heats of up to 1200 degrees celsius.
Does the heat from the element get stored and re-readiated fromt he refractory/walls?
Do heating elements get hot enough that they can melt/destroy themselves?
Thanks in advance,
Maya
I've been looking for an answer to problem I have and I'm getting nowhere so I thought asking the question in a place like this might be useful.
I'm planning to build a kiln. I have refractory material that can sustain 1500 degrees celsius. I'm trying to choose an element but I don't understand heat that well.
If I put any element (of reasonable wattage) in their at full power will the inside of the kiln continually get hotter and eventually get to a high temp?
How should I choose an element (I will be putting a PID controller on it by the way) - I want to get heats of up to 1200 degrees celsius.
Does the heat from the element get stored and re-readiated fromt he refractory/walls?
Do heating elements get hot enough that they can melt/destroy themselves?
Thanks in advance,
Maya