CN102455061A

CN102455061A - Gas device with feedback type control system

Info

Publication number: CN102455061A
Application number: CN201010522339XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄重景; 黄锦颖; 黄信铭; 黄信雄
Original assignee: Grand Mate Co Ltd
Current assignee: Grand Mate Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-10-22
Filing date: 2010-10-22
Publication date: 2012-05-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a gas device with a feedback type control system. The gas device comprises an external controller, an electronic combustor and a data exchange device, wherein the external controller is used for setting the operation function of the electronic combustor by people; the electronic combustor is also provided with a detection module for monitoring whether the operations are normal; and the data exchange device adopts the Zigbee wireless transmission technology to transmit a control signal of the external controller and report the operation state of the electronic combustor in real time so as to improve the using safety.

Description

The gas utensil of tool feed-back type control system

Technical field

The present invention is relevant with the gas utensil, and more detailed a kind of tool feed-back type that is meant is controlled the gas utensil of system.

Background technology

Because technological continually developing and innovate; The known electronic type gas utensils such as water heater, gas oven and fireplace that comprise; Except the ignite mode of main fire of discharge capable of using is reached the burning heating purposes; Its electron controls technology is used in each item of gas utensil more widely and controls, and the phase makes the more accurate and safety of the running of gas utensil.

Be example with a kind of electronic type water heater that uses gas to act as a fuel; Its electron controls technology is through being usually used in discharge igniting, keying air blast, set water temperature, setting gas flow size, setting the combustion flame size ... Deng; Through controlling each item operating parameters accurately, so that the maximum service efficiency of water heater performance.But; The operating and controlling interface of above-mentioned electronic type water heater is arranged on the casing surface of water heater; Again, water heater is installed in outdoor based on security consideration, cause people must walk to outdoor and can adjust setting; That for example uses water temperature heightens or turns down control, and so this situation will cause the inconvenience of use.

And be to solve above-mentioned disappearance; There is the dealer to develop a kind of remote control technology; Promptly indoor (for example: the bathroom) peripheral control unit (as: control panel) that electrically connects with water heater is installed; Utilize and directly on control panel, set, reach the control purpose of in real time water heater being adjusted from indoor.Though really aforementioned techniques can solve awkward disappearance,, this known remote control technology is the unidirectional information transfer capability of tool only; That is water heater only receives the control signal that transmits from control panel and merely carries out control command, and so this pattern causes hiding use insecurity because of knowing actual implementation status; Profess it; Though people know and be sure of to send out through indoor control panel the control signal of expectation, like control signals such as water temperature setting, gas flow size or flame size; Water heater is in practical implementation; Whether have to cause water temperature to fail to arrive design temperature, gas flow for some reason carrying out clear situation not as expection, flame size are difficult to switch etc., or fray-out of flame, when blower fault can't turn round, these abnormal informations are neither in time to be known for people; When causing continuing to use water heater, possibly be attended by unsafe facts such as gas leaks.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide the gas utensil of a kind of tool feed-back type control system, is to utilize the transmission of signal transmitted in both directions technology as control signal, and as the real-time repaying of gas utensil operating state, to promote safety in utilization.

Edge is to reach above-mentioned purpose, and the gas utensil that tool feed-back type provided by the present invention is controlled system comprises a peripheral control unit, an electronic type burner and a DEU data exchange unit.Wherein, peripheral control unit has a setup unit and a display unit, and this setup unit is controlled and produce a control signal; The electronic type burner includes a control circuit board, a heating unit and a detecting module, and this detecting module is in order to detecting the operating state of this electronic type burner, and produces a detecting real-time signal; This DEU data exchange unit bag is picked up one first delivery module and one first receiver module that electrically connects with this peripheral control unit, and with one second delivery module and one second receiver module of this electronic type burner electric connection; This first delivery module is in order to transmit this second receiver module that controls signal to of this peripheral control unit, and this control circuit board is controlled this heating unit running according to this second receiver module received information; This second delivery module is in order to collecting the detecting real-time signal of this electronic type burner, and is sent to this first receiver module, and the display unit that sees through this peripheral control unit presents the detecting result.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the front side sketch map of the present invention's one preferred embodiment water heater.

Fig. 2 is the survey view of the above-mentioned preferred embodiment water heater of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the signal transmission sketch map of the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the sketch map of peripheral control unit of the present invention.

Fig. 5 transfers to the sketch map of electronic type burner for the control signal of peripheral control unit of the present invention.

Fig. 6 transfers to the sketch map of the display unit of peripheral control unit for the detecting real-time signal of electronic type burner of the present invention.

[main element symbol description]

100 water heaters,

10 peripheral control units,

12 setup units, the 12a operating key, 14 display units,

16 panels, 18 attention devices,

20 electronic type burners,

21 bodies, 22 control circuit boards, the 22a comparing unit,

23 air blasts, 24 fire rows, 25 inlet pipelines,

The 25a delivery port, 26 gas pipelines, 27 detecting modules,

27a～27e detector,

30 DEU data exchange units,

31 first delivery modules, 32 first receiver modules, 33 first converting units,

34 second delivery modules, 35 second receiver modules, 36 second converting units.

The specific embodiment

For being illustrated more clearly in the present invention, lift preferred embodiment now and cooperate diagram to specify as after.

See also Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 3, the gas utensil of the tool feed-back type control system of the present invention's one preferred embodiment is to be example with water heater 100, and it includes a peripheral control unit 10, an electronic type burner 20 and a DEU data exchange unit 30; Wherein:

Peripheral control unit 10 is installed in indoor (as: bathroom); Please cooperate shown in Figure 4; It includes a setup unit 12 and a display unit 14, and this setup unit 12 has a plurality of effects differences but together is arranged at the operating key 12a on the panel 16, and each operating key 12a is pressed the back and produces a control signal; This display unit 14 is for being arranged at the screen on these panel 16 surfaces.

Electronic type burner 20 is arranged at outdoor; It includes a body 21, a control circuit board 22, an air blast 23, a plurality of fire row 24, one inlet pipeline 25, a gas pipeline 26 and a detecting module 27; Wherein, Air blast 23, fire row 24 constitute a heating unit with gas pipeline 26, describe in detail as follows with regard to aforementioned components now:

Control circuit board 22, air blast 23, fire row 24 and inlet pipeline 25 are positioned at this body 21 inside;

Gas pipeline 26 is external to a gas supply source (figure does not show), uses for the required gas of defeated these electronic type burner 20 burnings;

Detecting module 27 is to be made up of to detector 27e detector 27a; Its grade is according to different and be installed in and do not exist together and respectively take charge of different detection task by the detecting object; Like Fig. 1, shown in Figure 2, detector 27a in order to the motor rotary speed, detector 27b of detecting air blast 23 in order to detect fire row 24 and whether ignited and flame size, detector 27c in order to the discharge size of detecting inlet pipeline 25, detector 27d in order to the water temperature at the delivery port 25a place of detecting inlet pipeline 25, detector 27e in order to detect the gas flow size and the air pressure of gas pipeline 26; More than the detecting result of each detector will produce a detecting real-time signal in the lump.Explanation is in addition, and the increase of detecting module 27 Shang Deyi detection task is installed necessary detector additional in appropriate location again.

DEU data exchange unit 30 includes one first delivery module 31, one first receiver module 32 and one first converting unit 33 that electrically connects with this peripheral control unit 10, and with one second delivery module 34, one second receiver module 35 and one second converting unit 36 of these electronic type burner 20 electric connections.Aforementioned delivery module and receiver module select framework simple and have low power consumption and lower powered wireless communication technique in the present embodiment, that is, delivery module is a Zigbee wireless network delivery module; Receiver module is a Zigbee wireless network receiver module.Now following with regard to its configuration such as grade and Action Specification:

Please cooperate Fig. 5; First delivery module 31, first receiver module 32 and first converting unit 33 are arranged on this peripheral control unit 10 inside; Use this water heater 100 people, and select to press the specific operating key 12a of setup unit 12 according to expectation, and when producing corresponding control signal; This first converting unit 33 becomes a data-signal with changeover control signal; This data-signal is located at this inner second receiver module 35 of electronic type burner 20 for this first delivery module 31 is sent to again, this second receiver module 35 after receiving this data-signal, multiple by this second converting unit 36 will convert control signal to and be passed to this control circuit board 22; See through this control circuit board 22 and carry out adjustment, combustion flame setting, the gas flow setting of water temperature ... Deng control action; In this simultaneously, this display unit 14 also will demonstrate the information that sets, the expectation water temperature after for example setting.

Please cooperate Fig. 6; In the operation of water heater 100; Those detectors 27a～27e is being activated and to being monitored by the detecting object simultaneously, and distinctly produces the detecting real-time signal and be passed to this control circuit board 22, and the comparing unit 22a with control circuit board 22 judges further; No matter whether the detecting result after the comparison is unusual; Aforementioned detecting real-time signal all will be converted into a data-signal through this second converting unit 36, and be sent to this first receiver module 32 through this second delivery module 34, and this first receiver module 32 is after receiving this data-signal; To the repayment signal of converting by this first converting unit 33 again, and demonstrate the detecting result through the display unit 14 of this peripheral control unit 10.Aforementioned report-back function; Provide people to confirm whether its operating state of setting from peripheral control unit 10 carries out strictly according to the facts or reach (for example whether the water temperature of delivery port 25a arrives preset temperature) except having; Also when the detecting result has abnormal conditions to take place (for example fire row 24 is not ignited or air blast 23 motor rotary speeds unusual etc.); The information that can on display unit 14, show abnormality in real time, in order to do the reference that whether continues to use water heater 100 as people, or decision is stopped using with the foundation of Awaiting Overhaul.Certainly; Be the unusual generation that comes into the picture really, this peripheral control unit 10 also can electrically connect an attention device 18, judges that at the comparing unit 22a of this control circuit board 22 the detecting result is unusual; And when this unusual detecting real-time signal is converted into the number of notifying; The information that can give a warning for example appears with high frequency sound or flicker light, just reaches the purpose of effective prompting.

So; The present invention utilizes signal transmitted in both directions technology to transmit as the control signal of this peripheral control unit 10, and as the real-time repaying of these electronic type burner 20 operating states, provides the effect of controlling affirmation except that having; More promoted safety in utilization; And the choice of technology of signal transmitted in both directions with the Zigbee Radio Transmission Technology for it, not only outside low cost, low-power, more must guarantee that because of low power consumption the signal exchange transmission operation in long-time is normal.Explanation is that the gas utensil of the foregoing description is to be example with the water heater, so not as limit, like gas oven and fireplace etc., all belongs to the defined gas utensil of the present invention in addition.

The above is merely the preferable possible embodiments of the present invention, uses equivalent structure and preparation method variation that specification of the present invention and claim are done such as, ought to be included in the claim of the present invention.

Claims

1. the gas utensil of a tool feed-back type control system is characterized in that, comprises:

One peripheral control unit has a setup unit and a display unit, and this setup unit is controlled and produce a control signal;

One electronic type burner includes a control circuit board, a heating unit and a detecting module, and this detecting module is in order to detecting the operating state of this electronic type burner, and produces dirt one detecting real-time signal; And

One DEU data exchange unit; Include one first delivery module and one first receiver module that electrically connect with this peripheral control unit; And one second delivery module and one second receiver module that electrically connect with this electronic type burner; Wherein, this first delivery module is in order to transmit this second receiver module that controls signal to of this peripheral control unit, and this control circuit board is controlled this heating unit running according to this second receiver module received information; This second delivery module is in order to collecting the detecting real-time signal of this electronic type burner, and is sent to this first receiver module, and the display unit that sees through this peripheral control unit presents the detecting result.

2. tool is characterized in that with the gas utensil of feedback formula control system the delivery module of this DEU data exchange unit is a Zigbee wireless network delivery module according to claim 1; The receiver module of this DEU data exchange unit is a Zigbee wireless network receiver module.

3. control the gas utensil of system like the said tool feed-back type of claim 2; It is characterized in that; This DEU data exchange unit also includes one first converting unit and one second converting unit; This first converting unit converts a data-signal in order to the control signal with this peripheral control unit, and is passed to the Zigbee wireless network delivery module that constitutes this first delivery module; This second converting unit converts a data-signal in order to the detecting real-time signal with this electronic type burner, and is passed to the Zigbee wireless network delivery module that constitutes this second delivery module.

4. whether the gas utensil of the feed-back type of having according to claim 1 control system is characterized in that the control circuit board of this electronic type burner has a comparing unit, unusual in order to the detecting result of this detecting module of real-time judge.

5. control the gas utensil of system like the said tool feed-back type of claim 4; It is characterized in that; Also bag has been picked up an attention device, and this attention device is electrically connected at this peripheral control unit, and the information that when the comparing unit of this control circuit board judges that it is unusual detecting the result, gives a warning.

6. the gas utensil of the feed-back type of having according to claim 1 control system is characterized in that, the heating unit of this electronic type burner comprises an air blast, an a plurality of fire row and a gas pipeline.