Title :
Control unit for smart concrete used as resistive heating
Author :
Siroky, Daniel ; Steffan, Pavel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This paper deals with conductive concrete materials and its testing and controlling. Multipurpose remotely-controlled thermostat, called iTHERMST, was designed and built to test and evaluate new samples of the cement-based material with high specific heat and high thermal conductivity. iTHERMST tests and collects various data that can be imported directly to PC software for further evaluations. New possible controlling algorithms were introduced, described and finally tested in practice.
Keywords :
cements (building materials); concrete; heating; intelligent materials; temperature control; thermostats; PC software; cement-based material; conductive concrete materials; control unit; iTHERMST; materials testing; remotely-controlled thermostat; resistive heating; smart concrete; Concrete; Heating; Relays; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Technology (ISSE), 2010 33rd International Spring Seminar on
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7849-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7850-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISSE.2010.5547253
