SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER TO A HEATER

• Main Authors: YENDER, Matthew, PETERSON, Kurt, BOHLINGER, William, WALTERS, Larry, ROZEK, Geoffrey, PHILLIPS, Brittany, HENTGES, James, HOPKINS-BREITLOW, Stanton, MEECH, Eric, NESS, Keith
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.04.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

The present disclosure is directed toward a method of controlling a heater, the method comprising:controlling power to a heater based on a first state model of a control program, wherein the control program is defined by at least two state models and the at least two state models includes the first state model;determining, by the control program, whether a transition condition for the first state model is satisfied, wherein each of the at least two state models defines a transition condition and a subsequent state model to be performed when the transition condition is met; andcontrolling, by the control program, power to the heater based on a second state model in response to the transition condition of the first state model being satisfied, wherein the second state model is among the at least two state models and is provided as the subsequent state model of the first state model.