EP0331918A2 - Méthode pour actionner un dispositif de chauffage et dispositif de chauffage - Google Patents

Méthode pour actionner un dispositif de chauffage et dispositif de chauffage Download PDF

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EP0331918A2
EP0331918A2 EP89102180A EP89102180A EP0331918A2 EP 0331918 A2 EP0331918 A2 EP 0331918A2 EP 89102180 A EP89102180 A EP 89102180A EP 89102180 A EP89102180 A EP 89102180A EP 0331918 A2 EP0331918 A2 EP 0331918A2
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Peter Dr. Koch
Claus Brüdigam
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/02Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium
    • F23N5/10Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples
    • F23N5/102Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples using electronic means
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N1/00Regulating fuel supply
    • F23N1/02Regulating fuel supply conjointly with air supply
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N1/00Regulating fuel supply
    • F23N1/08Regulating fuel supply conjointly with another medium, e.g. boiler water
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2225/00Measuring
    • F23N2225/08Measuring temperature
    • F23N2225/16Measuring temperature burner temperature
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2225/00Measuring
    • F23N2225/26Measuring humidity
    • F23N2225/30Measuring humidity measuring lambda
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2241/00Applications
    • F23N2241/14Vehicle heating, the heat being derived otherwise than from the propulsion plant
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23NREGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/02Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium
    • F23N5/14Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermo-sensitive resistors

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  • the invention relates to a method for operating a heater, in particular a vehicle auxiliary heater, in which combustion air and fuel are supplied to a burner and a flame is generated in a combustion chamber, and to a heater, in particular a vehicle auxiliary heater, which has a burner in a combustion chamber , has a fuel supply device and a combustion air supply device.
  • the invention aims to provide a method for operating a heater, in particular a vehicle heater of the generic type and a correspondingly designed heater, in which a stable and low-pollutant combustion is reliably guaranteed in a simple manner while overcoming the difficulties described above.
  • a method for operating a heater in particular a vehicle auxiliary heater, in which combustion air and fuel are supplied to a burner and a flame is generated in a combustion chamber, is carried out in such a way that the air ratio, which is generally referred to in the art as ⁇ , is determined on the basis of the flame temperature measured in the combustion chamber.
  • the method according to the invention makes use of the fact that when a combustion occurs in such a heater, there is a clear physical relationship between the air ratio ⁇ and the adiabatic combustion temperature, ie the flame temperature.
  • the flame temperature is thus detected and measured, and the corresponding air ratio ⁇ is determined from this, taking into account the predetermined clear physical relationship, which provides information about the ratio of the amount of combustion air supplied and the amount of fuel supplied. If this air ratio ⁇ is kept within predetermined limit values, stable and low-pollution combustion can be ensured.
  • the disturbance variables influencing the combustion in the combustion chamber such as differential pressure between the air inlet and exhaust gas outlet, variable resistances in the intake and exhaust systems, temperature influences and the like with regard to the influences on the combustion behavior of the heater taken into account directly or indirectly by measuring the flame temperature, so that increased pollutant emissions and heater defects can be effectively avoided.
  • the air ratio ⁇ is regulated to a predetermined setpoint by changing the combustion air and / or fuel supply in accordance with the determined flame temperature until the flame temperature reaches a predetermined setpoint for the Air ratio assigned setpoint for the flame temperature reached.
  • the air ratio ⁇ is regulated via the flame temperature to a predetermined setpoint, which can be determined in advance in a device-dependent manner in such a way that combustion which is as stable and low-pollutant as possible is guaranteed under all operating conditions of the heater.
  • control is regulated at an air ratio ⁇ of greater than 1 of this air ratio to the setpoint value in that the quantity of combustion air supplied is increased or the quantity of fuel supplied is increased at a flame temperature measured above the setpoint for the flame temperature and at a value below the setpoint for the flame temperature measured flame temperature, the quantity of combustion air supplied is reduced and the quantity of fuel supplied is increased.
  • the combustion in the heater is influenced by the corresponding influencing of the quantity of combustion air supplied or the quantity of fuel supplied in such a way that the combustion is returned to the predetermined air ratio in accordance with the predetermined desired value for this purpose.
  • a check is made as to whether within a predetermined period of time the detected flame temperature meets the following condition: T max > T F > T min (corresponds to ⁇ min ⁇ ⁇ max ) where T max the maximum permissible flame temperature, T F the detected flame temperature, T min the minimum permissible flame temperature, ⁇ min the permissible minimum air ratio, ⁇ the air ratio determined via the flame temperature T F and ⁇ max the maximum permissible air ratio.
  • the heater is switched off. If this procedure is used in the method for operating the heater without regulating the predetermined setpoint value of the air ratio ⁇ , the operating method according to the invention enables flame monitoring without the additional use of a flame detector, namely if the above-mentioned condition is not met within the predetermined period of time the temperature detection of the flame temperature is recognized that no flame has formed in the combustion chamber of the heater, so that, depending on this, a forced shutdown or lockout of the heater is carried out. By monitoring the area limits, the flame monitor function is also taken over in the control.
  • a heater in particular a vehicle auxiliary heater, with a burner in a combustion chamber, a combustion air supply device and a fuel supply device is distinguished in that a temperature detection device is arranged in the flame region of the combustion chamber for load-independent detection of the flame temperature, which is provided with a device for determining the Air ratio is connected.
  • the solution created according to the invention in terms of device technology can be implemented in a structurally simple manner and a heater is provided which can be operated reliably and with low pollutants and is stable and can be produced inexpensively.
  • a spatially integrating sensor such as a resistance thermometer, can be provided as the temperature detection device, which is expediently arranged in the combustion chamber in such a way that it starts from the flame root and extends into the flame region in the combustion chamber.
  • thermocouple a point-acting sensor, such as a thermocouple, can be provided as the temperature detection device, which expediently protrudes into the combustion chamber near the end of the burnout length of the flame.
  • the device for determining the air ratio switches the heater off if after a predetermined period of time the operating range determined by the following condition has not been reached: T max > T F > T min (corresponds to ⁇ min ⁇ ⁇ max ) these variables have the meaning explained above in connection with the operating method according to the invention.
  • the temperature detection device and the associated device for determining the air ratio at the same time take over the function of a previously usual flame detector, so that this flame detector, which was previously a special component, can be omitted.
  • the heater is also switched off when there is a risk that the heater may enter an inadmissible operating range when the amount of combustion air and / or fuel supplied is changed.
  • Fig. 1 serves to illustrate the procedures for operating a heater shown in more detail in Fig. 2.
  • the flame temperature T F is plotted against the air ratio ⁇ and the course of the curve a given there represents the empirically determined clear physical relationship between the flame temperature and air ratio at the firing temperature of a heater.
  • This relationship between the flame temperature T F and the air ratio ⁇ is verified by the flame temperature T F measured in the combustion chamber in the method according to the invention.
  • Is intended with ⁇ is designated for the air ratio of the target value, which is assigned to the Flammtemperaturkoordinate taking into account the physical unique relationship, a target value for the flame temperature T set.
  • an empirically ascertainable minimum value for the air ratio ⁇ min and a corresponding empirically ascertainable maximum value for the air ratio ⁇ max are specified, these limit values ⁇ min and ⁇ max being given a corresponding maximum flame temperature value T max and minimum flame temperature value T min assigned.
  • T max > T F > T min (corresponds to ⁇ min ⁇ ⁇ max ).
  • T max maximum permissible flame temperature
  • T F detected or measured flame temperature
  • T min minimum permissible flame temperature
  • ⁇ min minimum permissible air ratio
  • air ratio derived from detected or measured flame temperature
  • T F ⁇ max maximum permissible air ratio.
  • the heater is forced to shutdown or lock out. This can in the case of rain the air ratio ⁇ to the predetermined target value ⁇ , operation of the heater in an impermissible functional range is to be effectively avoided, as has been explained above.
  • the control in the form of self-monitoring can be continuously checked in the operating method of the heater with control. When monitoring the area limits, the operating procedure enables the flame detector function to be implemented.
  • the CO2 value in the exhaust gas of the heater which is clearly related to the air ratio, can be kept constant within narrow limits, so that one obtains a low-pollutant, but stable operation of the heater.
  • a preferred embodiment of a heater designed according to the invention is explained with reference to FIG. 2.
  • the heater as a whole is labeled 1.
  • a combustion chamber 2 is provided in the heater 1.
  • a so-called evaporation burner is illustrated as the burner 3, which has a nonwoven material 4, which serves to evaporate the fuel, such as liquid fuel, supplied via a fuel supply device 5.
  • Combustion air is introduced into the combustion chamber 2 from a combustion air supply device, not shown, via schematically illustrated openings 6, as indicated by arrows.
  • a combustion air supply device not shown, via schematically illustrated openings 6, as indicated by arrows.
  • the flame curve for full-load operation is shown in solid lines and the flame curve for partial-load operation in broken lines.
  • a total of 8 denotes a flame temperature detection device which is arranged in the flame area of the combustion chamber 2 in such a way that the temperature of the respective flame is always reliably and unambiguously detected regardless of the operating load of the heater, ie independently of full-load operation or part-load operation, for example.
  • a device 9 shown schematically in block form, for determining the air ratio, which is designated by ⁇ .
  • a spatially integrating sensor 10 is shown as flame temperature detection device 8, which sensor can be formed, for example, by a resistance thermometer. This spatially integrating sensor 10 starts from the flame root in the combustion chamber 2 and then extends in the direction of the burnout end of the flame.
  • thermocouple An alternative embodiment of the flame temperature detection device 8, which is formed by a point-acting sensor 11, which can be, for example, a thermocouple, is illustrated with broken lines.
  • This selective sensor 11 protrudes into the combustion chamber 2 in such a way that it is located in the combustion chamber 2 near the end of the burnout length of the flame.
  • the method for operating a heater described in accordance with the invention is generally also suitable for stationary heating systems and not only for vehicle heaters.

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