EP0400845B1 - Improvements relating to gas burners - Google Patents

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EP0400845B1
EP0400845B1 EP90305386A EP90305386A EP0400845B1 EP 0400845 B1 EP0400845 B1 EP 0400845B1 EP 90305386 A EP90305386 A EP 90305386A EP 90305386 A EP90305386 A EP 90305386A EP 0400845 B1 EP0400845 B1 EP 0400845B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C3/00—Stoves or ranges for gaseous fuels
    • F24C3/002—Stoves
    • F24C3/006—Stoves simulating flames
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
    • F23D14/02—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone
    • F23D14/04—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone induction type, e.g. Bunsen burner
    • F23D14/08—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone induction type, e.g. Bunsen burner with axial outlets at the burner head

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  • the present invention relates to a gas burner arrangement for use in a solid fuel effect gas fire.
  • one or more aerated gas burners provide the main heat and glow and these or a number of under aerated or neat gas burners provide the wispy flames which add visual realism to the fire but little heat.
  • This type of known arrangement requires selective control of the various burners to achieve optimum performance in respect of heat output and visual effect, otherwise poor combustion and sooting could occur.
  • known fires are inherently prone to sooting and poor combustion due to the impingement of the flames on the simulated solid fuel elements beneath which the burners are conventionally located.
  • these known fires are used with a heat exchanger and the products of combustion have to be vented out via a chimney. If purely a decorative fire the products of combustion are immediately vented out via a chimney.
  • French Patent Specification No. 2343972 describes a gas burner arrangement wherein a gas burner is located within a combustion chamber, the top of the combustion chamber being closed by a porous ceramic simulated solid fuel element bed.
  • the gas burner burns primary aerated gas and an inlet into the combustion chamber enables secondary air to be drawn into the combustion chamber to enhance combustion.
  • the gas burner is offset from the simulated solid fuel element bed and arranged so that, in use, the flames are directed substantially horizontally across the combustion chamber under the simulated solid fuel element bed, the flames thus heating the walls of the combustion chamber as well as the simulated solid fuel element bed.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a simple but high efficiency gas burner arrangement which can provide a visual effect with good combustion, allowing use in unvented and vented type appliances.
  • a gas burner arrangement for use in a solid fuel effect gas fire, the burner arrangement comprising a gas burner located in a combustion chamber underneath a simulated solid fuel element construction, which forms an upper wall of the combustion chamber, the gas burner having outlet ports for gas which has been aerated with a primary quantity of air, the combustion chamber having inlets through which a secondary quantity of air can be drawn into the combustion chamber to aid combustion of the primary aerated gas/air mix within the combustion chamber, characterised in that the inlets are located below the level of the said outlet ports and in that the gas burner is located directly underneath the simulated solid fuel element construction which is comprised of simulated solid fuel elements between which apertures in the said construction allow the combusting gases and flames to pass from the combustion chamber to mix with the ambient air, when the burner arrangement is in use, to enable complete combustion to occur outside the combustion chamber above the said simulated solid fuel elements construction.
  • the burner used is a standard primary aerated strip type gas burner adjusted to give yellow tipped flames i.e. the quantity of primary air is insufficient for complete combustion to occur.
  • the combustion chamber is preferably a rectangular open topped box configuration with the burner set in the base of the box, a simulated solid fuel effect construction made, for example, from a ceramic material, closing the top of the combustion chamber.
  • Inlets for secondary air are preferably located in the base region of the combustion chamber below the level of the outlet ports of the burner, and are designed to provide insufficient air for complete combustion to occur, but sufficient air to cause the gases to burn in the combustion chamber with flames which are hot enough to heat the simulated solid fuel effect construction to a temperature at which sooting, i.e.
  • the apertures in the solid fuel effect construction are of a size which results in the combustion chamber filling with burning gases, reverse air flow at the edges of the apertures being minimised.
  • the combusting gases pass through the apertures in the simulated solid fuel effect construction, they mix with the ambient air and the combustion is completed with a yellow flame.
  • a chimney therefore may or may not be provided or even required. Further, a heat exchanger may be provided of desired.
  • a pilot or ignition system may be provided in or adjacent to the combustion chamber.
  • a simplex burner allows the gas feed rate to be turned down to very low levels, a duplex type burner or two or more burners may of course be alternatively provided.
  • the burner arrangement of the present invention can thus be used to provide a visual effect without the paramount need for a chimney and thus the present invention may be used to advantage in, for example, a portable cabinet heater fed with bottled gas.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises a burner arrangement 1 having a strip-like burner 3 which is arranged to burn gas aerated with a primary quantity of air, in a rectangular box-like combustion chamber 5.
  • the strip-like burner 3 is an elongate ribbon-type burner with an arrangement of outlet ports 3a in a generally horizontal upper surface 3b of the burner.
  • the combustion chamber 5 is made of metal and has an open top which is closed over by a simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 which is made of a ceramic material and which has a number of apertures 13 between the simulated fuel elements 15.
  • the combustion chamber can be completely made of a ceramic material.
  • the burner 3 is provided in the base 9 of the combustion chamber 5, directly beneath the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7. Alternatively a number of burners can be substituted. Also located in the base region 9 of the combustion chamber 5 below the level of the outlet ports 3a, are a number of elongate inlet apertures 11 for allowing a quantity of secondary air to be drawn into the combustion chamber 5.
  • the burner 3 is designed so that the gas it burns is insufficiently aerated by the primary air to produce complete combustion i.e. the quantity of primary air is only sufficient to produce yellow tipped flames when the fuel effect 7 is not in position.
  • a quantity of secondary air is thus drawn into the combustion chamber 5 via the inlet apertures 11, though this is insufficient to complete combustion but sufficient to cause the gases to burn in the combustion chamber 5 with flames which are hot enough to heat the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 to a temperature at which sooting by the flames impinging on the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7, is minimised.
  • the combusting gases pass through the apertures 13 in the simulated fuel effect construction 7 the apertures 13 being of a size such that the combustion chamber 5 is filled with burning gases and reverse air flow around the edges of the apertures 13 is minimised.
  • the combusting gases pass through the apertures 13 they mix with the ambient air, combustion being thus completed with a yellow flame.
  • the combustion figures are good. A chimney or flue need not therefore be necessary.
  • the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 is thus heated by the flames in the combustion chamber and thus acts as a radiant heater, with the hot gases passing through the apertures 13 causing the edges of the aperture 13 to become heated sufficiently to glow red as per a real fire, the yellow flames produced by complete combustion in the ambient atmosphere adding to the visual realism of the fire as well as to the heat output.
  • the fuel effect 7 can be constructed of multiple levels and segments from ceramic type materials or a combination of metal and ceramic or all metal configurations. These can be designed so as to modify the combustion characteristics to thus induce variations in the flame colour and pattern, in conjunction with variations to the combustion chamber 5 which may be constructed of materials other than metal.
  • an igniter 17 in the form of a pilot or ignition system can be located in the combustion chamber 5.
  • the present invention thus provides a burner arrangement which provides a visual effect without the need for the previously essential chimney or flue.

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Description

  • The present invention relates to a gas burner arrangement for use in a solid fuel effect gas fire.
  • In certain known solid fuel effect gas fires, one or more aerated gas burners provide the main heat and glow and these or a number of under aerated or neat gas burners provide the wispy flames which add visual realism to the fire but little heat. This type of known arrangement requires selective control of the various burners to achieve optimum performance in respect of heat output and visual effect, otherwise poor combustion and sooting could occur. However such known fires are inherently prone to sooting and poor combustion due to the impingement of the flames on the simulated solid fuel elements beneath which the burners are conventionally located. Generally these known fires are used with a heat exchanger and the products of combustion have to be vented out via a chimney. If purely a decorative fire the products of combustion are immediately vented out via a chimney.
  • French Patent Specification No. 2343972 describes a gas burner arrangement wherein a gas burner is located within a combustion chamber, the top of the combustion chamber being closed by a porous ceramic simulated solid fuel element bed. The gas burner burns primary aerated gas and an inlet into the combustion chamber enables secondary air to be drawn into the combustion chamber to enhance combustion. However the gas burner is offset from the simulated solid fuel element bed and arranged so that, in use, the flames are directed substantially horizontally across the combustion chamber under the simulated solid fuel element bed, the flames thus heating the walls of the combustion chamber as well as the simulated solid fuel element bed. In heating the porous ceramic simulated solid fuel element bed, air is drawn through the pores of the ceramic bed and combustion gases will seep through the pores out of the combustion chamber, the space thereabove being partially defined by a transparent plate to thus contain the combustion gases and guide them to a chimney or flue.
  • The aim of the present invention is to provide a simple but high efficiency gas burner arrangement which can provide a visual effect with good combustion, allowing use in unvented and vented type appliances.
  • According to the present invention there is provided a gas burner arrangement for use in a solid fuel effect gas fire, the burner arrangement comprising a gas burner located in a combustion chamber underneath a simulated solid fuel element construction, which forms an upper wall of the combustion chamber, the gas burner having outlet ports for gas which has been aerated with a primary quantity of air, the combustion chamber having inlets through which a secondary quantity of air can be drawn into the combustion chamber to aid combustion of the primary aerated gas/air mix within the combustion chamber, characterised in that the inlets are located below the level of the said outlet ports and in that the gas burner is located directly underneath the simulated solid fuel element construction which is comprised of simulated solid fuel elements between which apertures in the said construction allow the combusting gases and flames to pass from the combustion chamber to mix with the ambient air, when the burner arrangement is in use, to enable complete combustion to occur outside the combustion chamber above the said simulated solid fuel elements construction.
  • Preferably the burner used is a standard primary aerated strip type gas burner adjusted to give yellow tipped flames i.e. the quantity of primary air is insufficient for complete combustion to occur. The combustion chamber is preferably a rectangular open topped box configuration with the burner set in the base of the box, a simulated solid fuel effect construction made, for example, from a ceramic material, closing the top of the combustion chamber. Inlets for secondary air are preferably located in the base region of the combustion chamber below the level of the outlet ports of the burner, and are designed to provide insufficient air for complete combustion to occur, but sufficient air to cause the gases to burn in the combustion chamber with flames which are hot enough to heat the simulated solid fuel effect construction to a temperature at which sooting, i.e. depositing of carbon, by the flames impinging on the simulated solid fuel effect construction, is minimised. Excessive secondary air would result in yellow sooting flames below the simulated solid fuel effect construction. The balanced quantity of primary and secondary air is preferably sufficient to produce flames which are hot enough to make the solid fuel effect construction glow. Preferably the apertures in the solid fuel effect construction are of a size which results in the combustion chamber filling with burning gases, reverse air flow at the edges of the apertures being minimised. Thus as the combusting gases pass through the apertures in the simulated solid fuel effect construction, they mix with the ambient air and the combustion is completed with a yellow flame. As the final combustion takes place in free air and the flames do not impinge on any obstructions, the combustion performance attains enhanced results. A chimney therefore may or may not be provided or even required. Further, a heat exchanger may be provided of desired.
  • To facilitate ignition a pilot or ignition system may be provided in or adjacent to the combustion chamber. Further whilst a simplex burner allows the gas feed rate to be turned down to very low levels, a duplex type burner or two or more burners may of course be alternatively provided.
  • The burner arrangement of the present invention can thus be used to provide a visual effect without the paramount need for a chimney and thus the present invention may be used to advantage in, for example, a portable cabinet heater fed with bottled gas.
  • The present invention will now be further described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
    • Fig. 1 is a partially schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
    • Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the preferred embodiment of Fig.1.
  • The preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises a burner arrangement 1 having a strip-like burner 3 which is arranged to burn gas aerated with a primary quantity of air, in a rectangular box-like combustion chamber 5. The strip-like burner 3 is an elongate ribbon-type burner with an arrangement of outlet ports 3a in a generally horizontal upper surface 3b of the burner. The combustion chamber 5 is made of metal and has an open top which is closed over by a simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 which is made of a ceramic material and which has a number of apertures 13 between the simulated fuel elements 15. Alternatively, the combustion chamber can be completely made of a ceramic material.
  • The burner 3 is provided in the base 9 of the combustion chamber 5, directly beneath the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7. Alternatively a number of burners can be substituted. Also located in the base region 9 of the combustion chamber 5 below the level of the outlet ports 3a, are a number of elongate inlet apertures 11 for allowing a quantity of secondary air to be drawn into the combustion chamber 5.
  • The burner 3 is designed so that the gas it burns is insufficiently aerated by the primary air to produce complete combustion i.e. the quantity of primary air is only sufficient to produce yellow tipped flames when the fuel effect 7 is not in position. A quantity of secondary air is thus drawn into the combustion chamber 5 via the inlet apertures 11, though this is insufficient to complete combustion but sufficient to cause the gases to burn in the combustion chamber 5 with flames which are hot enough to heat the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 to a temperature at which sooting by the flames impinging on the simulated solid fuel effect construction 7, is minimised. The combusting gases pass through the apertures 13 in the simulated fuel effect construction 7 the apertures 13 being of a size such that the combustion chamber 5 is filled with burning gases and reverse air flow around the edges of the apertures 13 is minimised. As the combusting gases pass through the apertures 13 they mix with the ambient air, combustion being thus completed with a yellow flame. As the final combustion takes place in the free air and the flames do not impinge on any obstructions, the combustion figures are good. A chimney or flue need not therefore be necessary.
  • The simulated solid fuel effect construction 7 is thus heated by the flames in the combustion chamber and thus acts as a radiant heater, with the hot gases passing through the apertures 13 causing the edges of the aperture 13 to become heated sufficiently to glow red as per a real fire, the yellow flames produced by complete combustion in the ambient atmosphere adding to the visual realism of the fire as well as to the heat output.
  • The fuel effect 7 can be constructed of multiple levels and segments from ceramic type materials or a combination of metal and ceramic or all metal configurations. These can be designed so as to modify the combustion characteristics to thus induce variations in the flame colour and pattern, in conjunction with variations to the combustion chamber 5 which may be constructed of materials other than metal.
  • To facilitate ignition an igniter 17 in the form of a pilot or ignition system can be located in the combustion chamber 5.
  • The present invention thus provides a burner arrangement which provides a visual effect without the need for the previously essential chimney or flue.

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  1. A gas burner arrangement for use in a solid fuel effect gas fire, the burner arrangement comprising a gas burner (3) located in a combustion chamber (5) underneath a simulated solid fuel element construction (7), which forms an upper wall of the combustion chamber (5), the gas burner having outlet ports (3a) for gas which has been aerated with a primary quantity of air, the combustion chamber (5) having inlets (11) through which a secondary quantity of air can be drawn into the combustion chamber (5) to aid combustion of the primary aerated gas/air mix within the combustion chamber (5), characterised in that the inlets (11) are located below the level of the said outlet ports (3a) and in that the gas burner (3) is located directly underneath the simulated solid fuel element construction (7) which is comprised of simulated solid fuel elements (15) between which apertures (13) in the said construction (7) allow the combusting gases and flames to pass from the combustion chamber (5) to mix with the ambient air, when the burner arrangement is in use, to enable complete combustion to occur outside the combustion chamber (5) above the said simulated solid fuel elements construction (7).
  2. A gas burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the combustion chamber (5) is in the form of a rectangular box with the gas burner (3) located in the base region (9) of the box, the simulated solid fuel element construction (7) forming the top of the box.
  3. A gas burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which the inlets (11) for the secondary air are located in the base (9) of the combustion chamber (5).
  4. A gas burner arrangement as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, in which the burner (3) is an elongate ribbon-type burner with an arrangement of outlet ports (3a) in a generally horizontal upper surface (3b) of the burner (3).
  5. A gas burner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which an igniter (17) is located within the combustion chamber (5).
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