EP0061915A1 - Brenner mit einer Luftregeleinrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0061915A1
EP0061915A1 EP82301614A EP82301614A EP0061915A1 EP 0061915 A1 EP0061915 A1 EP 0061915A1 EP 82301614 A EP82301614 A EP 82301614A EP 82301614 A EP82301614 A EP 82301614A EP 0061915 A1 EP0061915 A1 EP 0061915A1
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Jacques Bouvin
Paul Rene Pierre Paysant
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23L—SUPPLYING AIR OR NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR GASES TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS IN GENERAL ; VALVES OR DAMPERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY OR DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS; INDUCING DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS; TOPS FOR CHIMNEYS OR VENTILATING SHAFTS; TERMINALS FOR FLUES
    • F23L3/00—Arrangements of valves or dampers before the fire
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N3/00—Regulating air supply or draught
    • F23N3/02—Regulating draught by direct pressure operation of single valves or dampers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/18—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air or fuel
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2223/00—Signal processing; Details thereof
    • F23N2223/20—Opto-coupler
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2225/00—Measuring
    • F23N2225/04—Measuring pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2235/00—Valves, nozzles or pumps
    • F23N2235/02—Air or combustion gas valves or dampers
    • F23N2235/06—Air or combustion gas valves or dampers at the air intake
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2235/00—Valves, nozzles or pumps
    • F23N2235/02—Air or combustion gas valves or dampers
    • F23N2235/10—Air or combustion gas valves or dampers power assisted, e.g. using electric motors

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  • This invention relates to a burner -having a regulator for the air supply.
  • the air for combustion is regulated by a damper, butterfly valve, one or more gates etc, and this causes a loss of head in the air circuit.
  • the air is set in motion either by the natural draught, by a fan or more usually by a combination of the two.
  • the adjustment is fixed and is set at intervals which may range from for example one week to one year. The adjustment is made for average conditions and therefore is rarely satisfactory if the natural draught of the chimney represents a substantial part of the total motive head.
  • a burner having an air regulator which automatically controls the air pressure at the inlet of the burner at a fixed value which may be that of the combustion chamber or at a value differing from that of the combustion chamber by-a fixed amount is disclosed and claimed in our French patent application 8022360.
  • This invention concerns a modification of that invention and comprises a burner having an air regulator through which air must flow before entering the air inlet to the burner wherein said regulator comprises a detector having a sensitive element which is subjected to the pressure of the air supply to the burner and which is subjected to the pressure of the air or gas flow downstream of the burner.
  • a change in pressure in the combustion chamber of the burner causes a change in the equilibrium position of the sensitive element.
  • a stepping motor connected to the regulator whereby movement of said motor causes a change in the amount of.air flowing through the regulator.
  • actuating the stepping motor in response to a change in the equilibrium position of the sensitive element or a change in the equilibrium position of the sensitive element above a predetermined level.
  • the air regulator is eminently suitable for use with the burner described in French patent specification 75-15854 (equivalent to UK patent application 20532/76).
  • the air regulator can be attached to any burner, for example burners used for heating premises connected to natural draught chimneys.
  • the air regulator can act as a scavenging limiter when the burner is not being used, for as the pressure drops in the combustion zone and chimney of the burner so will the supply of air to .the regulator from the atmosphere substantially cease.
  • the sensitive element of the detector is preferably a diaphragm, but it could for example, be a bellows.
  • a simple diaphragm it is only necessary to ascertain whether it is deformed in one direction or another; it is not necessary to measure the deformation. Consequently the mechanical characteristics of the diaphragm are unimportant and its assembly does not necessitate great rigidity or precision machining.
  • the diaphragm can for example be made of mylar (polyester film) and be clamped between two spacing frames. These frames are placed between two printed circuit plates (which constitute part of the actuating means) and which are perforated to let the pressure pass through. Depending on the direction of the pressure the diaphragm presses against one or other of the printed circuits and activates the stepping motor as explained later.
  • diaphragm discs of flexible metal, e.g. brass.
  • the diaphragm should be supported in a container so that one face of the diaphragm can be subjected to the pressure of the air supply to the burner and the other face can be subjected to the pressure of the air or gas flow downstream of the burner.
  • the separate communications between the detector and the air or gas flow downstream of the burner and between the detector and the air supply to the burner are usually by way of pipe, conduit or tubing.
  • the communication with the air or gas flow downstream of the burner is preferably made with the chimney stack of the boiler, but it can if desired be made at the combustion chamber itself.
  • burners are provided with a fan or other device which takes in air at atmospheric pressure and delivers it at a higher pressure e.g. a compressor.
  • the relevant part of the sensitive element e.g. one face of the diaphragm, must be subjected to the pressure of the air supply upstream of the fan or said other device.
  • Most burners also have an adjustment means whereby for a given operation the amount of air entering the burner is fixed at a certain level. Again the respective face of the diaphragm or relevant part of the sensitive element must communicate with the pressure of the air supply upstream of the adjustment means and the fan.
  • the mcans for actuating the stepping motor can take various form.
  • the actuating means can be a pair of printed circuits, one located near one face of the diaphragm and the other located near the other face of the diaphragm so that when the diaphragm deforms it contacts either one printed circuit or the other printed circuit depending on which face of the diaphragm is pressurised.
  • optoelectronic means for instance a photodiode, so that a light signal e.g. from a light emitting diode, is only received when the diagraphm which is preferably a reflective metallised membrane is deformed in one direction.
  • the diaphragm is made of conductive material or is coated with a conductive film, deformation of the diaphragm in one direction causes electrical contact.
  • the stepping motor is usually controlled by a simple electronic control card comprising a simple ring-wired shift register.
  • the control clock signal can be obtained by for example half wave rectification of a 50 Hz main, the square signal being obtained by clipping.
  • the stepping motor rotates in the opposite direction and this causes a change in the amount of air entering the regulator from the atmosphere. If air has been entering the regulator freely then a reversal of the stepping motor causes the supply of-air to cease, but on the contrary if air has been unable to enter the regulator then the reversal of direction of the stepping motor causes air to enter the regulator.
  • This system however can be stabilised by creating a neutral zone.
  • two detectors of slightly different sensitivities are used and their control signals received in an appropriate manner.
  • the stepping motor advances (or recedes), but when only one pick-up, the more sensitive, is deflected the shift of the register is stopped and this stops the motor.
  • the advantage of having two detectors of different sensitivity is that there is no change in the air supply when the pressure of the air or gas flow downstream of the burner changes over a relatively narrow pressure band, e.g. 1 Pa. Change in the air supply only occurs when the pressure of the air or gas flow downstream of the burner changes outside this relatively narrow pressure band.
  • the detectors For the system to function appropriately it is necessary for the detectors to have a definite position, e.g. left or right, at least the less sensitive of the two. This is achieved automatically when the sensitive element, e.g. diaphragm activates a microswitch because the latter has only two positions.
  • the diaphragm can be locked "on the right” or “on the left” for example, by placing two small magnets on the armatures, on each side of the diaphragm, the latter carrying a soft iron washer in its centre.
  • a metallised mylar diaphragm when a metallised mylar diaphragm is used it is attracted to one or other armature by electrostatic attraction. In all cases the diaphragm will be-very flexible and it is the force of.
  • the spring of the microswitch or the force of magnetic or electrostatic attraction which defines the sensitivity of the system is advantageous in that the sensitivity.of the diaphragm can be regulated electrically.
  • the system using magnets can be .regulated by varying the distance of the magnets from the diaphragm. With a microswitch'the sensitivity of the system is fixed.
  • connection between the detector and the regulating means can be adjusted so that negative pressure in the combustion chamber will tend to move the detector in a direction closing the regulating means. If the burner is operating this closure will subject the air supply to a subatmospheric pressure and with no return force the regulating means will continue to close until the air supply pressure is equal to the pressure in the- combustion chamber.
  • the advantage of the system of this invention lies in the fact that there is ease of integration due to the small volume of the motor and its large torque enabling registers of widely different designs to be actuated. There is also greater tolerance to dirt due to the strong torque of the motor.
  • a damper 1 closes an air box 2 in communication with the air supply.
  • This damper 1 is constructed so as to slide freely so that the difference in pressure between the two faces of the damper does not lead to any forces tending to open or close the damper.
  • a diaphragm 3 is suspended in a chamber 4 between two spacing frames 5 and 6 and is free to contact alternately (according to the pressure exerted on it) perforated printed circuit plates 7 and 8.
  • the zones 12 and 11 on each side of the diaphragm 3 are connected respectively via conduits 9 and-10 to the box 2 and the combustion chamber (not shown).
  • Fig 2 shows more clearly the diaphragm 3 pressed against one of the printed circuit plates 7.
  • Movement of the damper 1 is controlled by movement of the stepping motor (not shown).
  • the motor is itself controlled by its control system which is an electronic control card comprising a simple ring-wired shift register. The direction of the shift of the register is reversed every time the diaphragm 3 contacts the opposite printed circuit 7 or 8.
  • Fig 3 shows an alternative detection system to that shown in Fig 2.
  • a light emitting diode 20 and a photodiode 21 Supported from the printed circuit plate 71 are a light emitting diode 20 and a photodiode 21.
  • the membrane which in this case is a reflective metallised membrane is shown in two positions at 31a and 31, and it can be seen from the light rays that the photodiode 21 only receives rays from the diode when the membrane is in the position shown at 31a.
  • Fig 4 shows an alternative system where the diaphragm 32 is stabilised by being locked by the .presence of a magnet 22..-
  • the diaphragm 32 has a soft iron washer 23 at its centre.
  • the printed circuit 72 has contacts 40 and 41.
  • Fig 5 shows another alternative diaphragm stabilised system wherein a double-faced metallised mylar diaphragm 33 is used. This is attracted to two double-faced printed circuits 73 and 74, each at a potential of +300V, the potential of the diaphragm 33 being maintained at -100V. In fact the potentials are adjustable according to the dimensions, contacts, dielectric properties, etc.
  • Fig 6 shows one form of regulating means by which the damper 1 in Fig 1 for example is controlled.
  • Fig 6 there is an air fan 50 controlled by a stepping motor 51 which in turn is controlled by a ring-wired shift register 52.
  • This register 52 receives its signal as the result of the deflections of the two diaphragms 80 and 81, one of which is more sensitive than the other. It is only when both diaphragms 80 and 81 are deflected in the same direction that.the stepping motor 51 advances (or recedes).
  • Conduit 82 enables the diaphragms 80 and 81 to be subjected to the pressure of the air- or gas flow downstream of the burner (not shown) and conduit 83 enables the diaphragms 80 and 81 to be subjected to the pressure of the air supply to the burner.

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WO2004072553A1 (en) * 2003-02-14 2004-08-26 Fpi Fireplace Products International Ltd. Draft control system and method for heating systems
CN104197368A (zh) * 2014-08-13 2014-12-10 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 恒风量调节器和用于提高燃气水套炉热效率的燃烧器

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US2283745A (en) * 1939-10-05 1942-05-19 Albert G Purdue Regulating device for furnaces or the like
US3294146A (en) * 1965-04-15 1966-12-27 Coen Company Metered combustion air supply system
US3391866A (en) * 1966-04-29 1968-07-09 Coen Company Burner control system
FR2127967A5 (de) * 1971-03-04 1972-10-13 Philips Nv
FR2182354A5 (de) * 1972-04-28 1973-12-07 Telemecanique Electrique

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US2283745A (en) * 1939-10-05 1942-05-19 Albert G Purdue Regulating device for furnaces or the like
US3294146A (en) * 1965-04-15 1966-12-27 Coen Company Metered combustion air supply system
US3391866A (en) * 1966-04-29 1968-07-09 Coen Company Burner control system
FR2127967A5 (de) * 1971-03-04 1972-10-13 Philips Nv
FR2182354A5 (de) * 1972-04-28 1973-12-07 Telemecanique Electrique

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WO2004072553A1 (en) * 2003-02-14 2004-08-26 Fpi Fireplace Products International Ltd. Draft control system and method for heating systems
US7373937B2 (en) 2003-02-14 2008-05-20 Fpi Fireplace Products International Ltd. Draft control system and method for heating systems
CN104197368A (zh) * 2014-08-13 2014-12-10 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 恒风量调节器和用于提高燃气水套炉热效率的燃烧器
CN104197368B (zh) * 2014-08-13 2017-02-15 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 恒风量调节器和用于提高燃气水套炉热效率的燃烧器

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