CN111059581A - Gasification alcohol fireplace and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a gasified alcohol fireplace and a control method thereof, wherein the gasified alcohol fireplace comprises a shell, a burner, a gasification chamber, a balance chamber and a liquid supply device, wherein the burner is provided with a flame ejection port and an ignition device, the burner is directly communicated with the gasification chamber, the balance chamber is communicated with the gasification chamber, the gasification chamber is provided with a heating element, the liquid level height range of the balance chamber is consistent with the liquid level height range of the gasification chamber, an electric control device is additionally arranged for controlling the liquid supply device to supply alcohol fuel to the balance chamber at a stable average speed and enter the gasification chamber, the balance chamber is internally provided with a liquid level detection device, and the liquid level in the balance chamber is always in a set range by dynamically adjusting the heating power of the heating element. The alcohol fuel is delivered to the balancing chamber at a stable average speed, so that the overall alcohol gasification speed of the gasified alcohol fireplace is controlled to be in a relatively stable state, and the flame is in a stable state.

Description

Gasification alcohol fireplace and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of alcohol fireplaces, in particular to an alcohol fireplace which burns alcohol after gasifying the alcohol and a control method thereof.

Background

The traditional fireplace mostly adopts a solid fuel heating mode for heating, and the solid fuel has large storage volume, so that the traditional fireplace occupies a large area, and has low combustion efficiency and poor energy-saving effect. There are also some gas fireplaces using gas fuel as energy source, however, because the gas fireplaces usually need connecting pipes and need to install special exhaust chimney, the requirements for house structure are complex, if the structure for installing gas fireplaces is not reserved specially when house decoration, it is difficult to modify at later stage.

With the continuous development of science and technology, alcohol fuel becomes a clean energy source with less pollution and regeneration, which has the characteristics of lighter weight and less occupied space than solid fuel with the same amount of heat energy, and has the advantages of convenient storage, small used pipeline and the like compared with gas fuel, thereby being more and more valued. In order to achieve sufficient combustion of alcohol fuel, alcohol is usually gasified and then introduced into a burner for combustion, such as a liquid fuel gasification combustion fireplace as mentioned in CN 201110219779.2.

However, the gasification process of the prior alcohol gasification combustion fireplace is simpler, and the fuel tank directly supplies alcohol fuel to the gasification chamber, keeps the alcohol in the gasification chamber within a liquid level range, and then directly heats and gasifies the alcohol. In this heating method, since the relevant detection control element needs to be arranged in the vaporizing chamber to maintain the alcohol fuel within a liquid level range, and the vaporized alcohol fuel in the vaporizing chamber needs to be heated to a temperature higher than the vaporization temperature of the alcohol, the relevant detection control element is not suitable for working in a high-temperature environment. In addition, gasification is needed in the gasification chamber, related detection control elements are needed to be arranged, the occupied space is large, the volume of an inner cavity is large, the amount of alcohol fuel is large, the method for controlling gasification is relatively extensive, heating gasification is severe, and power is unstable, so that flame of the fireplace is suddenly changed, the heating effect is influenced, the overall ornamental effect of the flame is reduced, even bubbles generated by gasification boiling overflow a flame ejection port, the flame is abnormal and exceeds the safety height, and personal safety of a user is threatened.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of overcoming the technical defects of the background technology and provides a gasification alcohol fireplace and a control method thereof. After the alcohol fireplace is used for gasifying the alcohol fireplace, the balance chamber is added, the alcohol fuel is supplied to the gasification chamber from the balance chamber, the liquid supply device is kept stable by controlling the liquid supply rate to the balance chamber, the alcohol fuel added in unit time is constant, and the average rate of the added alcohol fuel is constant, so that the overall alcohol gasification rate of the alcohol fireplace for gasifying the alcohol is controlled to be in a relatively stable state, and the flame is in a stable and controllable state.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:

a gasification alcohol fireplace comprises a shell, a burner, a gasification chamber, a balance chamber and a liquid supply device; the burner is communicated with the gasification chamber through a steam outlet, and the body of the burner is arranged higher than the gasification chamber and the steam outlet so as to be beneficial to flow back to the gasification chamber for regasification when part of condensed fuel exists in the burner; the burner is provided with a flame jet hole and an ignition device, and the ignition device is arranged close to the flame jet hole; the gasification chamber is provided with a fuel adding port A and a heating element; the balance chamber is provided with a fuel adding port B and a fuel outlet A, and the fuel outlet A is communicated with the fuel adding port A through a pipeline, so that the liquid level of the balance chamber and the liquid level of the gasification chamber synchronously change; the liquid level of the balance chamber is maintained at a set working liquid level; the liquid supply device is communicated with a fuel adding port B on the balance chamber and can supply liquid to the balance chamber; the burner, gasification chamber and balance chamber are all contained within the housing.

Further, the housing is provided with a flame outlet facing the flame outlet so that the flame outlet and an area above the flame outlet on the burner can be observed outside the housing.

Further, the heating element is disposed inside the gasification chamber.

Further, the liquid supply device comprises a liquid storage container, a power device for conveying alcohol fuel and pipelines for connecting the devices; an input port of the power device is communicated with the liquid storage container, and an output port of the power device is communicated with a fuel adding port B on the balance chamber; the reservoir may be located within the housing or external to the housing, and preferably the power device may be an infusion pump.

Further, the heating element may vaporize the alcohol fuel in the vaporizing chamber, the heating element may be implemented by various electrical heating methods in the prior art, preferably, the heating element is a metal electrical heating tube, a PTC heating element, a heating resistance wire, an electromagnetic induction heating coil, or the like, and preferably, the heating element is disposed in the middle of the inside of the vaporizing chamber, so that the alcohol fuel contacts with all heating surfaces of the heating element, and the vaporizing process of the alcohol fuel is more uniform.

Further, a liquid level detection device is arranged in the cavity inside the balance chamber, the liquid level detection device can be an existing liquid level detection device such as a photoelectric type, a resistance type or a reed pipe float type, the liquid level detection device can detect the liquid level height inside the balance chamber, and the liquid level height of the balance chamber is consistent with the liquid level height of the gasification chamber.

Further, in order to realize automatic ignition control and power control, preferably, the gasification alcohol fireplace further comprises an electric control device, the electric control device can control whether the heating element works and the power level and control the speed of the power device for delivering alcohol fuel to the balance chamber, the electric control device is further connected with a liquid level detection device inside the balance chamber, the liquid level height inside the balance chamber is detected in real time through the liquid level detection device, the ignition device is also connected with the electric control device, and the electric control device can control the ignition device to perform ignition operation.

Further, an electromagnetic valve is provided on a pipe between the fuel addition port a and the fuel delivery port a, and the electromagnetic valve is a normally closed type electromagnetic valve.

Further, a flame detection device is arranged on the combustor and connected with the electric control device.

Further, a furnace chamber is formed inside the shell, the flame outlet is formed inside the furnace chamber, a furnace door is arranged in front of the furnace chamber, and a flame observation port is arranged on the furnace door.

A control method of a gasification alcohol fireplace comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the following steps: when ignition is started, the electric control device sends out an instruction to drive the power device to convey alcohol fuel to the balance chamber from the liquid storage container, the speed of conveying the alcohol fuel is controlled to be kept stable according to the set power, the same amount of alcohol fuel is added in unit time, meanwhile, whether the liquid level inside the cavity of the balance chamber is within the set working liquid level range is detected through the liquid level detection device, once the liquid level inside the cavity of the balance chamber reaches the set working liquid level, which means that the liquid level inside the gasification chamber also reaches the set working liquid level, the electric control device controls the heating element to heat, so that the alcohol fuel inside the gasification chamber is gasified, and once the alcohol fuel inside the gasification chamber is gasified into alcohol vapor, the alcohol fuel enters the inner cavity of the combustor through the vapor outlet, and further ejected from the flame ejection port; the electric control device can control the ignition device to ignite, once the alcohol vapor is sprayed out from the flame spraying port, the alcohol vapor can be ignited by the ignition device immediately, and therefore the gasification alcohol fireplace can work in a combustion mode.

Step two: during normal operation, the electric control device always maintains the speed of the power device for delivering the alcohol fuel in a stable state, wherein the stable state refers to that the alcohol fuel is added for a period of time through a periodic function of continuous intermittent addition at intervals, namely the alcohol fuel is added for a period of time, and the adding is stopped for a period of time, so that the alcohol fuel is repeatedly and intermittently added, and a stable state is maintained; the liquid level detection device detects the liquid level height inside the balance chamber in real time, and when the power device is in a stop interval and once the liquid level height inside the balance chamber is detected to be higher than a set working liquid level, the electric control device increases the heating power of the heating element, so that the gasification rate in the gasification chamber is accelerated; when the power device is in an adding interval, once the liquid level inside the balance chamber is detected to be lower than a set working liquid level, the electric control device reduces the heating power of the heating element, and further slows down the gasification rate in the gasification chamber; the increasing degree of the power of the heating element can be judged by detecting the triggering time point of the liquid level in the balance chamber in the stopping interval for triggering the high liquid level, the decreasing degree of the power of the heating element is judged by detecting the triggering time point of the liquid level in the balance chamber in the adding interval for triggering the low liquid level, and the heating power of the heating element is dynamically increased or decreased, so that the liquid level in the balance chamber is always in the normally set working liquid level, the speed of the power device for delivering the alcohol fuel is always in a stable state, the alcohol fuel added in unit time is constant, the power of the gasified alcohol fireplace is in a relatively stable state, and the combustion flame is also in a relatively stable state; when the power of the gasified alcohol fireplace needs to be adjusted, the average speed of the power device in a stable state for conveying alcohol fuel can be adjusted only through the electric control device, once the power setting is adjusted, the power device conveys the alcohol fuel to the balance chamber at a new average speed, and when the power is adjusted, the electric control device can integrally adjust the heating power of the heating element according to the amplitude of power adjustment so as to enable the heating power of the heating element to be matched with the gasification speed of the gasified alcohol fireplace, and the final heating power of the heating element is determined by fine adjustment of the liquid level detection device according to the liquid level change inside the balance chamber, so that the liquid level height of the alcohol fuel inside the balance chamber is in a set working liquid level range.

Step three: when the work is stopped, the electric control device sends out an instruction to stop the power device from conveying the alcohol fuel and stop the heating element from working, so that the gasification alcohol fireplace is closed to work.

In the above-described aspect, when the power unit supplies alcohol fuel to the equilibrium chamber, the alcohol fuel is supplied to the equilibrium chamber in a steady state, where a function of a flow rate of the alcohol fuel delivered by the power unit and time is a periodic function, that is, an amount of alcohol fuel delivered by the power unit per unit time is constant, that is, an average rate is constant.

Further, the steady state of the power plant delivering alcohol fuel to the balancing chamber may be continuously added at a constant rate, i.e. the time width of the stop interval tends to zero, thus being in the addition interval all the time.

Further, the steady state of the power plant delivering alcohol fuel to the balancing chamber may be a general periodic function, such as a square wave function, a sinusoidal function, or a sawtooth function.

Further, the period of the periodic function of the power device for delivering the steady state alcohol fuel to the balance chamber is 5 seconds to 3 minutes, the volumes of the gasification chamber and the balance chamber and the highest working liquid level and the lowest working liquid level of the balance chamber are determined according to the flow calculation of the minimum period of the periodic function, so that when the cavity inside the balance chamber is at the lowest liquid level, the alcohol fuel added by the power device for one period can not enable the alcohol fuel inside the balance chamber to exceed the highest liquid level.

Further, a flame detection device is further arranged on the burner and connected with the electric control device to detect whether the flame on the burner is successfully ignited during ignition and whether the flame is abnormal during normal work, and once the flame is detected to be abnormal, the power device is immediately stopped from conveying alcohol fuel and the heating element works, and the gasified alcohol fireplace is closed.

Further, since a certain temperature remains in the gasification chamber although the heating element stops heating when the gasification alcohol fireplace is turned off, and a part of alcohol fuel remaining in the balance chamber and the gasification chamber continues to be gasified, the continuous combustion of the alcohol fuel cannot be immediately stopped when the gasification alcohol fireplace is turned off by the electric control device; in order to stop the combustion of the alcohol fuel as soon as possible after the gasification alcohol fireplace is closed, an electromagnetic valve is arranged on a pipeline between the fuel adding port A and the fuel outlet port A, and preferably, the electromagnetic valve is a normally closed type electromagnetic valve which is electrified and conducted to allow liquid to pass through; the power is cut off, and the liquid is prevented from passing through; therefore, the alcohol fireplace can stop fuel combustion only by burning off the alcohol fuel in the gasification chamber, and the alcohol fuel in the balance chamber can not continuously participate in combustion after the electronic control device sends a shutdown instruction.

Further, the casing is a cavity with an internal furnace chamber, the flame outlet is arranged inside the furnace chamber, and a furnace door with a flame observation port is arranged in front of the casing, so that the flame outlet and the area above the flame outlet can be observed through the flame observation port, namely, the flame burning in the furnace chamber is observed; the flame observation port can be directly empty, and the furnace chamber is directly communicated with the outside of the furnace door, so that better heat diffusion is facilitated; transparent glass can be arranged on the flame observation port, so that carbon dioxide generated by combustion cannot diffuse to the space of the use environment through the flame observation port, and heat generated by combustion cannot be blocked too much; and a smoke exhaust device is arranged on the back or the top or above the side surface of the shell, the smoke exhaust device is connected with a chimney pipeline system of a house, and carbon dioxide generated by combustion of the gasified alcohol fireplace is exhausted out of the house through the smoke exhaust device.

The basic principle of the invention is as follows:

theoretically, the stable combustion of the flame of the alcohol fireplace can be realized only by keeping the power device at a stable speed during infusion and simultaneously gasifying the alcohol by the heating element with constant power. However, even if the heating element is of constant power, the temperature of the gasification chamber will gradually rise during the long-term operation of the alcohol fireplace, resulting in an increased gasification rate and hence unstable flame combustion.

In order to solve the problem, a liquid level detection device can be added in the gasification chamber to maintain the liquid level at a set working liquid level, and the heating element is used for gasifying the alcohol by adopting constant power. However, in practice, the alcohol fuel gasified in the gasification chamber needs to be heated to a temperature higher than the gasification temperature of the alcohol, and the temperature is relatively high, so that the related detection control element is not suitable for working in a high-temperature environment. Therefore, the above solutions all have drawbacks.

The invention develops a new method, moves the liquid level detection device originally arranged in the gasification chamber into an independent balance chamber which is not influenced by temperature factors, and realizes the synchronous change of the liquid level of the gasification chamber and the liquid level of the balance chamber by strictly controlling the liquid level height in the balance chamber to be at the set working liquid level and synchronously feeding back the liquid level height to the gasification chamber by utilizing the principle of a U-shaped pipe, thereby ensuring that the liquid level of the gasification chamber is also maintained at the set working liquid level. The heating power of the heating element is reduced when the temperature of the alcohol fuel is lower than the working liquid level, the heating power of the heating element is increased when the temperature of the alcohol fuel is higher than the working liquid level, and the alcohol fuel in the balance chamber is always in a set working range by dynamically changing the heating power of the heating element. Wherein, heating element is at the in-process of dynamic adjustment heating power, and from the microcosmic, the alcohol gasification rate is not in steady state, and the time is fast slow, but from the macro, because infusion power is stable, and the working liquid level is stable, therefore the whole gasification rate of alcohol also is in relatively stable state, therefore the stability of flame burning compares prior art and greatly improves.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the gasified alcohol fireplace provided by the invention, the balance chamber is additionally arranged, the power device is controlled to be in a stable state, the average speed is not changed to convey alcohol fuel to the balance chamber, in addition, the liquid level detection device is arranged in the balance chamber, the alcohol fuel in the balance chamber is always in the set working range through dynamically changing the heating power of the heating element, the stable gasification of the alcohol fuel in the gasification chamber is ensured, the overall gasification speed of alcohol of the gasified alcohol fireplace is maintained at a relatively constant level, the alcohol is stably supplied to the burner to be combusted, and the stability of flame generated by combustion is greatly improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the working principle of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic longitudinal half-sectional view of example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a transverse half-section structure in example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view of a burner and a gasification chamber according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an assembled half-section of a burner and a gasification chamber according to example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a flow rate curve of alcohol fuel supplied to a balance chamber in the power plant according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing an assembled longitudinal half-section of a burner and a gasification chamber in example 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an assembled perspective view of a burner and a gasification chamber according to example 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing an assembled lateral half-section of a burner and a gasification chamber in example 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an assembled perspective view of a burner and a gasification chamber according to example 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged partial view of part A in example 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing an assembled longitudinal half-section of a burner and a gasification chamber according to example 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic perspective view of embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic half-sectional view showing example 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is an exploded view of embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view showing a flow rate curve of alcohol fuel supplied to a balance chamber by the power plant according to embodiment 5 of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic view showing another flow rate profile of the alcohol fuel to the balance chamber of the power plant according to embodiment 5 of the present invention.

The corresponding part names for the various reference numbers in the figures are:

1-a shell; 11-a flame outlet; 12-furnace chamber; 13-flame viewing port; 14-oven door; 15-a smoke exhaust device; 2-a burner; 21-flame jet; 22-an ignition device; 23-flame detection means; 3-a gasification chamber; 31-a vapor outlet; 32-fuel addition port A; 33-a heating element; 4-a balancing chamber; 41-fuel addition port B; 42-fuel outlet A; 43-liquid level detection means; 5-a liquid supply device; 51-reservoir; 52-a power plant; 6-electromagnetic valve; 7-an electric control device.

Detailed Description

For a better understanding of the present invention, reference is made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that these examples are for further illustration of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but is capable of various modifications and changes within the scope of the invention.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, a gasification alcohol fireplace comprises a housing 1, a burner 2, a gasification chamber 3, a balance chamber 4 and a liquid supply device 5, wherein in the present embodiment, the burner 2 is long, the burner 2 and the gasification chamber 3 are directly communicated through a steam outlet 31, the steam outlet 31 is one or more, the main body of the burner 2 is arranged higher than the gasification chamber 3 and the steam outlet 31, the burner 2 is further provided with a flame outlet 21, the flame outlets 21 are multiple and arranged at intervals along the length direction of the burner 2, the gasification chamber 3 is provided with a fuel adding port a32, the balance chamber 4 is provided with a fuel adding port B41 and a fuel outlet a42, the fuel outlet a42 is connected with the fuel adding port a32 through a pipeline, an electromagnetic valve 6 is further arranged on the pipeline between the fuel outlet a42 and the fuel adding port a32, in the present embodiment, the electromagnetic valve 6 is a normally closed electromagnetic valve, the liquid supply device 5 comprises a liquid storage container 51 and a power device 52, in the embodiment, the power device 52 is an infusion pump, and an input port of the power device 52 is connected with the liquid storage container 51, and an output port of the power device 52 is connected with a fuel adding port B41 on the balance chamber 4. The vaporizing chamber 3 is provided with a heating element 33, and in order to enable the heating element 33 to uniformly heat the vaporizing chamber 3 and the alcohol fuel inside the vaporizing chamber 3, in the present embodiment, the heating element 33 is arranged inside the vaporizing chamber 3, and heat conductive silicone grease is coated between the heating element 33 and the inner wall of the vaporizing chamber 3 to make the heat conduction uniform.

The burner 2 is provided with an ignition device 22, and the ignition device 22 is arranged close to the flame outlet 21; the inside liquid level detection device 43 that is provided with of balance chamber 4, liquid level detection device 43 can detect the inside liquid level height of balance chamber 4 for the liquid level of the inside cavity of balance chamber 4 is in the working liquid level scope of setting for, and the liquid level height of balance chamber 4 is in the liquid level height unanimity with vaporizer 3.

The gasification alcohol fireplace further comprises an electric control device 7, the electric control device 7 can control whether the heating element 33 works or not and the power and control the speed of the power device 52 for delivering alcohol fuel to the balance chamber 4, the electric control device 7 is further connected with a liquid level detection device 43 inside the balance chamber 4, the liquid level height inside the balance chamber 4 is detected in real time through the liquid level detection device 43, the ignition device 22 is also connected with the electric control device 7, and the electric control device 7 can control the ignition device 22 to perform ignition operation.

In the present embodiment, the liquid storage container 51, the power device 52, the burner 2, the vaporizing chamber 3, the balancing chamber 4, the electromagnetic valve 6, the electric control device 7, and the like are all disposed inside the casing 1, and the flame outlet 11 is disposed on the upper surface of the casing 1, and the flame outlet 11 faces the flame outlet 21, so that the flame outlet 21 and the area above the flame outlet 11 can be viewed.

In the alcohol-gasifying fireplace of the embodiment, the burner 2 is further provided with a flame detection device 23, and the flame detection device 23 is connected with the electric control device 7 and can detect whether the flame of the flame ejection port 21 on the burner 2 is normal or not; when the ignition is started, the electric control device 7 gives an instruction to drive the power device 52 to deliver the alcohol fuel from the liquid storage container 51 to the balance chamber 4, and the rate of delivering the alcohol fuel is controlled to be kept stable according to the set power, as shown in fig. 7, the power device 52 delivers the alcohol fuel as a periodic function (a square wave function in this embodiment) of intermittent delivery, the minimum period is 5 seconds to 3 minutes, a constant amount of alcohol fuel is added in each minimum period, the electromagnetic valve 6 is opened while delivering the alcohol fuel to the balance chamber 4, the balance chamber 4 is communicated with the gasification chamber 3 through the electromagnetic valve 6, and the liquid level detection device 43 detects whether the liquid level of the cavity inside the balance chamber 4 is within the set working liquid level range, once the liquid level of the cavity inside the balance chamber 4 reaches the low liquid level of the set working liquid level, the electric control device 7 controls the heating element 33 to start heating, the alcohol fuel in the vaporizing chamber 3 is vaporized, and once the alcohol fuel in the vaporizing chamber 3 is vaporized into alcohol vapor, the alcohol vapor enters the inner cavity of the burner 2 through the vapor outlet 31 and is further ejected from the flame ejection port 11; the electric control device 7 controls the ignition device 22 to ignite while the alcohol vapor is sprayed out of the flame spray port 11, so that the gasified alcohol fireplace works in a combustion mode, and a combustion flame is formed at and above the flame outlet 11; when the ignition device 22 ignites, the flame detection device 23 is used for detecting whether the flame is ignited successfully or not, once the flame detection device 23 detects the flame successfully, the ignition device 22 is stopped to ignite and enters a normal working state, otherwise, the ignition failure is judged, the gasified alcohol fireplace is closed, and an alarm prompt is given.

During normal operation, as shown in fig. 7, the electronic control device 7 always maintains the rate of delivering alcohol fuel by the power device 52 in a steady state, which means that the alcohol fuel is intermittently added at continuous intervals, i.e. the alcohol fuel is added for a period of time, and the alcohol fuel is stopped being added for a period of time, so that the alcohol fuel is intermittently added repeatedly and continuously, and a steady state is maintained, in which the average rate of delivering alcohol fuel by the power device is maintained constant, i.e. the amount of alcohol fuel added per unit time is stable, for convenience of description, the time interval of adding alcohol fuel by the power device is referred to as an adding interval, and the time interval of stopping adding alcohol fuel by the power device is referred to as a stopping interval; the liquid level inside the balance chamber 4 is detected in real time through the liquid level detection device 43, when the power device 52 is in a stop interval and the liquid level inside the balance chamber 4 is detected to be higher than a set working liquid level, the electric control device 7 increases the heating power of the heating element 33, and further the gasification rate in the gasification chamber 3 is accelerated; when the power device 52 is in the adding interval and the liquid level inside the balance chamber 4 is detected to be lower than the set working liquid level, the electric control device 7 reduces the heating power of the heating element 33, so as to slow down the gasification rate in the gasification chamber 3; the increasing degree of the power of the heating element 33 can be judged by detecting the triggering time point of the liquid level in the balance chamber 4 in the stopping interval for triggering the high liquid level, the decreasing degree of the power of the heating element 33 is judged by detecting the triggering time point of the liquid level in the balance chamber 4 in the adding interval for triggering the low liquid level, and the heating power of the heating element 33 is dynamically accelerated or slowed down, so that the liquid level in the balance chamber 4 is always in the normally set working liquid level, the speed of the power device 7 for conveying the alcohol fuel is always in a stable state, the alcohol fuel added in unit time is constant, the power of the gasified alcohol fireplace is in a relatively stable state, and the combustion flame is also in a relatively stable state; when the power of the gasified alcohol fireplace needs to be adjusted, the average speed of the power device 52 for conveying the alcohol fuel in the stable state is adjusted through the electric control device 7, and once the power setting is adjusted, the power device 52 conveys the alcohol fuel to the balance chamber 4 at the new average speed, so that the adjustment of the power is realized; in the embodiment, the volumes of the vaporizing chamber 3 and the balance chamber 4 and the maximum working liquid level and the minimum working liquid level of the balance chamber 4 are determined by calculation according to the flow rate added by the power device 52 in the minimum cycle time of the periodic function, that is, when the internal cavity of the balance chamber 4 is at the minimum liquid level, the alcohol fuel added by the power device 52 in one cycle does not cause the alcohol fuel in the balance chamber 4 to exceed the maximum liquid level, so that the liquid level detection device 43 and the electronic control device 7 have enough corresponding time to process and adjust the heating power of the heating element 33, and the liquid level height in the balance chamber 4 tends to change smoothly.

When the work is stopped, the electric control device 7 sends out an instruction, stops the power device 52 from delivering the alcohol fuel, stops the heating element 33 from working, and closes the electromagnetic valve 6, so that the alcohol fuel in the balance chamber 4 can not enter the gasification chamber, and the fuel of the gasified alcohol fireplace is closed after the alcohol fuel in the gasification chamber 3 is used up under the action of the residual temperature of the gasification chamber 3; or the temperature of the gasification chamber 3 slowly drops below the alcohol gasification temperature, the alcohol fuel in the gasification chamber 3 is not completely used, and the gasification alcohol fireplace fuel is turned off because the temperature of the gasification chamber 3 is not enough to continue gasifying the alcohol fuel.

Example 2

As shown in figures 8-10, compared with the embodiment 1, the gasification alcohol fireplace has the following differences: the combustor 2 is long and is set up in the upper portion of vaporizer 3, and combustor 2 is connected with vaporizer 3 through certain pipeline, and the pipeline of connection is as steam outlet 31, and combustor 2 and vaporizer 3 direct contact not like this, and in operation, the temperature that combustor 2 burning produced is difficult to be passed to vaporizer 3 to do not influence the gasification temperature of vaporizer 3.

In addition, the ignition device 22 and the flame detection device 23 are respectively arranged at two ends of the burner 2 and are positioned on the same axis with the flame outlets 21, so that the alcohol vapor can be sprayed and ignited from all the flame outlets 21 on the whole burner 2.

Example 3

As shown in figures 11-13, compared with the embodiment 1, the gasification alcohol fireplace has the following differences: the burner 2 is arranged into a plurality of bent broken lines, the aperture of the flame jet 21 on the burner 2 is arranged into sizes with different sizes, so that the flame generated by combustion can be more tortuous and well distributed, and the effect of local more vigorous flame is formed, and the ignition device 22 and the flame detection device 23 are respectively arranged at two ends of the burner 2 and are positioned on the same axis with the flame jet 21, so that the flame jet 21 on the whole burner 2 can be better ensured and detected to have alcohol vapor to be jetted and ignited.

Example 4

As shown in figures 14-16, compared with the embodiment 1, the gasification alcohol fireplace has the following differences: the outer shell 1 is a cavity with an inner furnace chamber 12, the flame outlet 11 is arranged in the inner furnace chamber 12 of the shell 1, the liquid storage container 51, the power device 52, the burner 2, the gasification chamber 3, the balance chamber 4, the electromagnetic valve 6, the electric control device 7 and the like are all arranged below the inner part of the shell 1, the burner 2 is arranged below the flame outlet 11, and the flame outlet 11 is opposite to the flame outlet 21.

A furnace door 14 with a flame viewing port 13 is arranged in front of the shell 1, so that the flame outlet 11 and the area above the flame outlet can be viewed through the flame viewing port 13, namely, the flame burning in the furnace chamber 12 can be viewed; a smoke exhaust device 15 is further provided on the back of the casing 1, and exhaust gas such as carbon dioxide generated by combustion can be exhausted to the outside through the smoke exhaust device 15.

The flame observation port 13 can be directly empty, and the furnace chamber 12 is directly communicated with the outside of the furnace door 14, so that heat diffusion is better carried out; transparent glass can also be arranged on the flame viewing port 13, so that carbon dioxide generated by combustion cannot diffuse to the space of the use environment through the flame viewing port 13, and heat generated by combustion cannot be blocked too much.

Example 5

As shown in FIGS. 17 to 18, compared with the embodiment 1, the gasification alcohol fireplace has the following differences: the power plant 52 delivers the steady state alcohol fuel to the balancing chamber 4 with a time dependent flow rate that may be a sawtooth function as in fig. 17 or a wave function as in fig. 18.

The above description is not intended to limit the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above examples. Those skilled in the art should also realize that changes, modifications, additions and substitutions can be made without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (19)

1. A gasification alcohol fireplace is characterized by comprising a shell (1), a burner (2), a gasification chamber (3), a balance chamber (4) and a liquid supply device (5); the burner (2) is in communication with the gasification chamber (3) through a steam outlet (31), and the body of the burner (2) is disposed higher than the gasification chamber (3) and the steam outlet (31); the burner (2) is provided with a flame jet (21) and an ignition device (22), and the ignition device (22) is arranged close to the flame jet (21); the gasification chamber (3) is provided with a fuel addition port A (32) and a heating element (33); the balance chamber (4) is provided with a fuel adding port B (41) and a fuel outlet A (42), and the fuel outlet A (42) is communicated with the fuel adding port A (32) through a pipeline, so that the liquid level of the balance chamber (4) and the liquid level of the gasification chamber (3) are synchronously changed; the liquid level of the balance chamber (4) is maintained at a set working liquid level; the liquid supply device (5) is communicated with a fuel adding port B (41) on the balance chamber (4) and provides alcohol fuel for the balance chamber (4); the burner (2), the gasification chamber (3) and the balancing chamber (4) are all accommodated inside the housing (1).

2. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing (1) is provided with flame outlets (11), said flame outlets (11) facing said flame ports (21), the flame ports (21) on said burner (2) and the area above them being visible outside said housing (1).

3. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 1 wherein the heating element (33) is located inside the gasification chamber (3).

4. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 1 wherein the liquid supply means (5) includes a liquid reservoir (51) and power means (52) for delivering alcohol fuel, and tubing for connection of the respective means; an input port of the power device (52) is communicated with the liquid storage container (51), and an output port of the power device (52) is communicated with a fuel adding port B (41) on the balance chamber (4); the liquid storage container (51) can be positioned inside the shell (1) or outside the shell (1).

5. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 4 wherein the heating element (33) is an element which uses electrical heating to effect heating.

6. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 5 wherein said balance chamber (4) is provided with a liquid level detection means (43) in the inner cavity, said liquid level detection means (43) being capable of detecting the liquid level inside said balance chamber (4), and the liquid level of said balance chamber (4) being in line with the liquid level of said gasification chamber (3).

7. A gasified alcohol fireplace as defined in claim 6 further comprising an electric control device (7) for controlling the operation of said gasified alcohol fireplace, said electric control device (7) being capable of controlling the operation and power level of said heating element (33) and the rate of delivering alcohol fuel to said balance chamber (4) by said power unit (52), said electric control device (7) being further connected to a liquid level detecting device (43) inside said balance chamber (4), the liquid level inside said balance chamber (4) being detected in real time by said liquid level detecting device (43), said ignition device (22) being also connected to said electric control device (7), said electric control device (7) being capable of controlling said ignition device (22) to perform an ignition operation.

8. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 1 wherein a solenoid valve (6) is provided in the conduit between the fuel addition port a (32) and the fuel output port a (42), said solenoid valve (6) being a normally closed solenoid valve.

9. A gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 7 wherein said burner is provided with a flame detection means (23), said flame detection means (23) being connected to said electrical control means (7).

10. An alcohol gasification fireplace as claimed in claim 2 wherein the housing (1) forms an oven cavity (12) inside, the flame outlet (11) is inside the oven cavity (12), an oven door (14) is provided in front of the oven cavity (12), the oven door (14) is provided with a flame viewing port (13).

11. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 7 including a method of initiating ignition, said method of initiating ignition including the steps of:

(1) the electronic control device (7) gives a command, and the electronic control device (7) drives the power device (52) to supply alcohol fuel to the balance chamber (4) in a stable state;

(2) the electric control device (7) detects the liquid level height of the cavity in the balance chamber (4) in real time through the liquid level detection device (43), once the liquid level height in the balance chamber (4) is detected to be higher than a set working liquid level, the electric control device (7) increases the heating power of the heating element (33), and once the liquid level height in the balance chamber (4) is detected to be lower than the set working liquid level, the electric control device (7) reduces the heating power of the heating element (33), so that the liquid level in the balance chamber (4) is always in the set working liquid level;

(3) once the alcohol vapor is sprayed out of the flame spray opening (21), the electric control device (7) controls the ignition device (22) to ignite, and the alcohol vapor is ignited immediately, so that the gasification alcohol fireplace works in a combustion mode.

12. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 11 including a method of deactivating comprising the steps of: the electric control device (7) sends out a command to stop the power device (52) from delivering the alcohol fuel and stop the heating element (33) from working, thereby closing the gasification alcohol fireplace to work.

13. A control method of a gasification alcohol fireplace as set forth in claim 12 wherein a solenoid valve (6) is provided on a pipe between the fuel adding port a (32) and the fuel outlet port a (42), the solenoid valve (6) being a normally closed type solenoid valve; the electromagnetic valve (6) is cut off at the same time when the electronic control device (7) sends a command of closing the gasified alcohol fireplace, and alcohol fuel in the inner cavity of the balancing chamber (4) is prevented from being supplied into the gasification chamber (3).

14. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 13 wherein the steady state of the power means (52) delivering alcohol fuel to the balancing chamber (4) is a discontinuous periodic function of intermittent additions of alcohol fuel for a period of time called an addition interval and a period of cessation of additions of alcohol fuel for a period of time called a stop interval, the average rate of addition of alcohol fuel by the power means (52) being constant; when the power device (52) is in a stop interval, once the liquid level inside the balance chamber (4) is detected to be higher than a set working liquid level, the electric control device (7) increases the heating power of the heating element (33), so that the gasification rate in the gasification chamber (3) is increased; when the power device (52) is in the adding interval, once the liquid level inside the balance chamber (4) is detected to be lower than the set working liquid level, the electric control device (7) reduces the heating power of the heating element (33), and further slows down the gasification rate in the gasification chamber (3).

15. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 14 wherein the power of the gasification alcohol fireplace is adjusted by the electronic control means (7) adjusting the average rate of steady state delivery of alcohol fuel by the power means (52).

16. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 15 wherein the power means (52) delivers a steady state periodic function of alcohol fuel to the balancing chamber (4) with a minimum period of 5 seconds to 3 minutes.

17. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 16 wherein the internal cavity volumes of the gasification chamber (3) and the balance chamber (4) and the maximum and minimum operating levels of the balance chamber (4) are determined computationally from the minimum periodic flow of the periodic function such that the addition of alcohol fuel by the power means (52) for one period does not cause the alcohol fuel inside the balance chamber (4) to exceed the maximum operating level when the internal cavity of the balance chamber (4) is at the minimum level.

18. A method of controlling a gasification alcohol fireplace as claimed in claim 17 wherein the power means (52) delivers a steady state periodic function of alcohol fuel to the balance chamber (4) as a continuous addition of alcohol fuel at a constant rate.

19. A method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the burner (2) is provided with a flame detection device (23), the flame detection device (23) is connected to the electronic control device (7) for detecting whether the flame on the burner (2) is successfully ignited during ignition and whether the flame is abnormal during normal operation, and the power device (52) is stopped to deliver alcohol fuel and the heating element (33) is stopped to operate once the abnormal flame is detected, and the gasification alcohol fireplace is turned off.

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