EP2295857A2 - Tête de mélange dotée d'une buse réglable axialement - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a mixing device for a burner according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
- a burner which have a burner tube, a flame tube adjoining the burner tube and a nozzle arranged in the burner tube, wherein an air nozzle is coaxially arranged in the burner tube, which extends into the flame tube and combustion air from the burner tube in leading the flame tube, wherein a holder is provided, which holds the nozzle coaxially in the burner tube and the air nozzle.
- recirculation openings are arranged in a transition region between the burner tube and the flame tube.
- Such burners with recirculation mixers are referred to as blue burners. Thanks to their flue-gas-cooled flame, blue flame burners achieve the lowest pollutant levels and effortlessly overcome high combustion chamber resistance.
- Burners are known with axially movable mixing head, ie axially displaceable nozzle and air nozzle.
- the mixing head is displaceable in the burner tube in order to adjustably change the passage cross section of the recirculation openings, through which combustion gases circulate from the combustion chamber into the flame.
- Such a mixing device shows, for example, the EP 0 777 084 B1 ,
- burners with a mixing head fixed in the burner tube.
- An axially fixed air nozzle has the advantage that hardly any leakage air can flow along its outer edge, resulting in fouling of the mixing head and can lead the ignition electrodes.
- the fixedly arranged mixing head has the disadvantage that no variation of the amount of air and / or air velocity can take place.
- the object of the invention is to provide a mixing device for a burner which is more versatile and user-friendly.
- the mixing device for a burner, which has a burner tube, a flame tube adjoining the burner tube and a nozzle arranged in the burner tube, wherein an air nozzle is coaxially disposed in the burner tube, which extends into the flame tube and combustion air from the burner tube in the flame tube leads and wherein a holder is provided which holds the nozzle coaxially in the burner tube and the air nozzle, additionally has an air nozzle, which is arranged axially fixed in the burner tube, wherein the nozzle is arranged axially displaceable in the burner tube.
- the amount of air required for combustion, the air velocity and the air pressure can be adjusted according to a characteristic curve.
- the mixing device has an inner space of the burner tube lying interior of the flame tube final cutting disc, which has a central opening, on which coaxially the air nozzle is arranged, which extends into the tube and combustion air from the burner tube leads into the flame tube.
- the cutting disc to swirl openings in order to twist the air flowing through the burner tube when entering the air nozzle. Twisted air improves the mixing of the combustion air, the recirculating hot exhaust gases and the injected fuel spray.
- the nozzle is axially displaceable by means of a spindle, which is structurally particularly easy to implement.
- the mixing device is arranged in a housing of a burner and the spindle is led out of the housing of the burner, in order to enable an axial displacement of the nozzle block during the operation of the burner.
- the nozzle can be either manually or automatically, in particular regulated, designed to be axially displaceable.
- the mixing device comprises a holder which holds the nozzle coaxially in the burner tube and the air nozzle, wherein the holder is secured by means of a mounting plate in the housing of the burner.
- the actuator plate allows an airtight cover.
- the actuating plate is rotatably mounted in the housing, in order to allow in this way a rotation of the holder.
- the actuator plate is manually or automatically, in particular regulated, rotatable.
- a locking device is arranged on the spindle, in order to prevent the spindle can be easily pulled out with the nozzle arranged thereon from the burner tube, but also to allow when releasing the locking device, that the nozzle is pulled out of the burner tube can be to allow easy replacement of the fuel nozzle.
- An inventive burner has a mixing device according to the invention.
- the burner has a fan, wherein the rotational speed of the fan is infinitely variable in order to vary the amount of air required for combustion, the air velocity and the air pressure, in combination with the axially displaceable to the air nozzle, arranged on the nozzle floor fuel nozzle can vary.
- the mixing device has a nozzle with a nozzle, via which the fuel is supplied, wherein the amount of fuel continuously variable, for example by means of a corresponding fuel pump or a corresponding fuel valve.
- the variable speed fan and the axially movable nozzle in addition to a single or multi-stage operation of the burner and a modulating operation of the burner is possible.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 show various views of a mixing device 10, which has a burner tube 20, the of a blower 120 combustion air is supplied.
- the burner tube 20 is followed axially by a flame tube 30. It is in principle possible that the flame tube 30 attaches directly to the burner tube 20 and thus is partially overlapping, with any conceivable connection between the burner tube 20 and the flame tube 30 is possible.
- the burner tube 20 terminates at an inner side of a housing 110 of a burner 100, wherein the flame tube 30 is attached outside the housing 110 of the burner 100 by means of an adapter ring 80.
- the flame tube 30 has an enlarged diameter relative to the burner tube 20.
- the mixing device 10 has a longitudinal axis 1.
- the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device substantially corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the burner tube 20 and the longitudinal axis of the flame tube 30.
- the adapter ring 80 with includes.
- the adapter ring 80 has an end region 81 facing the burner tube 20 and an end region 82 facing the flame tube 30, wherein the adapter ring 80 is attached with its end region 81 to the outside of the housing 110 and has an overlap with the flame tube 30 in its end region 82 and with the flame tube 30 by means of a bayonet closure connected is.
- a connection can also be made by pressing or welding.
- recirculation openings 85 are arranged, depending on the connection between the burner tube 20 and the flame tube 30 in an end portion of the burner tube 20 facing the flame tube 30, in an end region of the flame tube 30 facing the burner tube and / or in the adapter ring 80 may be arranged, wherein they are arranged in the present case in the adapter ring 80.
- a cutting disk 50 is used, whose outer diameter substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the burner tube 20 and which has a central opening 51 through which a nozzle coaxially 40 is guided with a fuel nozzle 42.
- Coaxially disposed on the cutting disk 50 is an air nozzle 60, which is designed such that it faces the burner pipe 20 has an inlet opening 61 and tapers from the diameter of the inlet opening 61 to an outlet opening 63, which faces the flame tube 30.
- the air nozzle 60 has at its inlet opening 61 a flange 64, which is formed in the present example by the cutting disk 50.
- the air nozzle 60 has a substantially conical shape, which may also have a curved outer shell or a frustoconical outer shell. It is also possible that the air nozzle 60 initially has a cylindrical portion, which is followed by a tapered portion.
- the housing 110 of the burner 100 has an opening 112 through which the air nozzle 60 is passed, wherein the air nozzle 60, the housing 110 of the burner 100 by means of the flange 62, d. H. seals by means of the cutting disc 50 combustion air side.
- a seal 66 is disposed between the flange 62 and the inner wall of the housing 110, wherein the flange 62 has an outer diameter which is greater than the diameter of the opening 112 of the housing 110 and the air nozzle 60 at its burner tube end has an outer periphery, the essentially corresponds to the diameter of the opening 112.
- the flange 62 and the seal 66 are pressed from the inside against the inner wall of the housing 110, for example, spring-loaded.
- the cutting disk 50 has swirl openings 53 which offset the air flowing through the burner pipe 20 into the air nozzle 60 into rotation about the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10.
- a nozzle 40 is axially inserted, via which the fuel, for example, both gaseous and liquid fuel, is supplied.
- the fuel for example, both gaseous and liquid fuel
- the fuel exhausts through the fuel nozzle 42 from.
- the supplied gaseous or liquid fuels may be fossil, synthetic or biogenic fuels.
- the fuel nozzle 42 may be formed as a fuel nozzle for liquid fuels or as a gas nozzle. It is also possible that the nozzle 40 is formed with a coaxial gas line with an annular gas nozzle in the region of the fuel nozzle 42 for liquid fuels, for example, for oil, so that the burner 100 can be operated in two-stage operation with gas and liquid fuel.
- the mixing device 10 has two ignition electrodes 55 of a transistor coil ignition, with which the atomized fuel is ignited.
- the ignition electrodes 55 are angled at their free ends such that their free ends are located at a smaller distance than their non-angled ends, wherein the free ends are bent substantially in front of the outlet openings 63 of the air nozzle 60. Between the two ends of the ignition electrodes 55, the flame is ignited.
- the fuel nozzle 42 is arranged such that the flame extends in the flame tube 30 in front of the outlet opening 63 of the air nozzle 60.
- the externally mounted ignition electrodes 55 can be changed without disassembling the burner 100.
- the ignition electrodes 55 can additionally be used as ionization electrodes in ionization current flame monitoring. If no ionization monitoring is used, an optical flame monitoring and / or a direct measurement of the combustion quality takes place with the aid of a CO or 02 sensor.
- the mixing device 10 has recirculation means 70, which are arranged axially fixed within the mixing device 10 and with which it is possible to adjust a passage cross-section 86 of the recirculation openings 85 adjustable.
- the recirculation means 70 are in particular formed as an annular element with a peripheral wall 71, which in an alternative embodiment may have a bottom 72 so as to form a pot-shaped element which is open, for example, in the direction of the flame tube 30.
- the outer diameter of the peripheral wall 71 of the recirculation means 70 corresponds substantially to the inner diameter of the adapter ring 80, wherein optionally a game is provided, but the adapter ring 80 as a whole Guide tube for the recirculation means 70 is used.
- a central opening 73 is arranged, which is upstream of the outlet opening 73 of the air nozzle 60 and the nozzle 40 with the fuel nozzle 42.
- the ignition electrodes 55 are guided through two further openings of the bottom 72 of the recirculation means 70.
- the central opening 73 of the bottom 72 of the recirculation means 70 may be formed as a nozzle-shaped outlet opening 74.
- openings 75 are arranged in the peripheral wall 71 of the recirculation means 70 .
- Both the recirculation openings 85 and the openings 75 are in particular designed as slits inclined against the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10, wherein preferably the recirculation openings 85 and the openings 75 substantially coincide in their shape and inclination.
- the recirculation means 70 are fixed axially in that they abut against the burner tube 20 facing the end of the flame tube 30, which is overlapped on the inside of the adapter ring 80, abutting.
- the recirculation means 70 are preferably further axially fixed by the fact that the central opening 73 of the bottom 72 is arranged fixed to the air nozzle 60, for example the outlet opening 63 of the air nozzle 60.
- a flange 64 is arranged, which is fixed to the bottom 72 of the recirculation means 70, for example, welded or screwed.
- the bottom 72 of the recirculation means 70 can serve in particular as a heat seal between the burner tube 20 and the flame tube 30.
- an insulation may be arranged between the recirculation means 70 and the outside of the housing 110 of the burner 100 in order to reduce the heat load on the burner chamber.
- the recirculation means 70 are arranged around their longitudinal axis, which in particular coincides with the longitudinal axis l of the mixing device 10 rotatably within the mixing device 10 and formed to vary the passage cross-section 86 of the recirculation openings 85 when rotating about its longitudinal axis.
- the openings 75 are arranged either in alignment with the recirculation openings 85 and thus release the complete passage cross section 86 of the recirculation openings 85 or if the peripheral wall 71 of the recirculation means 70 continues to recirculate the recirculation openings 85 at least partially or further completely cover and thus the passage cross-section 86 vary up to the complete closure of the recirculation 85.
- the rotation of the recirculation means 70 is effected in particular by means of an operating element guided within the mixing device 10.
- the actuating element is formed by the air nozzle, which is connected to the recirculation means 70 axially and rotationally fixed, and a rotatably mounted on the air nozzle 60 holder 43 for the nozzle 40.
- the holder 43 holds the nozzle assembly 40 coaxially in the burner tube 20 and the air nozzle 60.
- the holder 43 has in particular a first element 43a and a second element 43b, which by means of a dog clutch 44 (see, in particular FIG. 6 ) are rotatably connected to each other.
- the second element 43b is arranged upstream of the cutting disk 50, which is connected to the air nozzle 60, while the first element 43a is arranged upstream of the second element 43b and upstream connected to an actuating plate 90, by means of which the holder 43 in particular in the housing 110 of the burner 100 is attached.
- the actuator plate 90 in particular allows an airtight seal of the housing 110 of the burner 100 and is preferably arranged rotatably mounted in the housing 110.
- the rotational path of the actuating plate 90 is preferably limited by means arranged in the actuating plate 90 groove 92 which is formed as an arc segment, and guided in the groove 92 pin 93 which is non-rotatably disposed, for example, on the outer wall of the housing 110 to clearly recognizable from the outside to be able to adjust the positions in which the recirculation means 70, the recirculation openings 80 either fully open or close completely.
- a rotation of the actuator plate 90 can be done either manually or automatically, in particular automatically with the aid of a controller.
- a spring 45 in particular a helical spring 45 is arranged (cf. FIG. 6 ), which is stretched between corresponding circumferential projections on the first element 43a and the second element 43b and thus a pressing of the second element 43b including the arranged thereon
- Cutting disc 50 causes the inner wall of the housing 110, so that with the aid of the arranged between the cutting disc 50 and the inner wall of the housing 110 seal 66, a seal of the opening 112, through which the air nozzle 60 of the mixing device 10 is performed.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show perspective, partially sectional views of the mixing device 10 according to the FIGS. 1 to 3 , wherein the air nozzle 60 burner tube side is not completed by the cutting disk 50.
- the sealing between the interior of the burner tube 20 and the interior of the flame tube 30 preferably takes place through the bottom 72 of the recirculation means 70.
- the cutting disc 50 can be dispensed with, in particular, when already twisted air is introduced into the burner tube 20.
- FIGS. 7 to 10 show various views of the burner 100 with the mixing device 10 according to the FIGS. 1 to 3 from which it can be seen that, in one embodiment, the nozzle assembly 40, including the fuel nozzle 42, is disposed axially displaceable in the mixing device 10.
- the nozzle assembly 40 in a first position, in which the fuel nozzle 42 in the outlet opening 63 of the air nozzle 60 is during FIG. 8 shows the position of the nozzle block 40, in which the fuel nozzle 42 axially upstream from the outlet opening 63 of the air nozzle 60 is located.
- a spindle 47 is arranged at the upstream end of the nozzle block 40, which is guided by an adjusting nut 48.
- the fuel nozzle 42 is either turned into the mixing device 10 or out of the mixing device 10.
- the spindle 47 is led out of the housing 110 of the burner 100 at the upstream end of the burner tube, in particular an axial movement of the nozzle block 40 can also take place during the operation of the burner 100.
- the adjusting nut 48 in particular the axial position of the nozzle block 40 is infinitely adjustable.
- locking means so that at the desired position of the adjusting nut 48, a fixing of the adjusting nut 48 can be made to prevent accidental adjustment of the adjusting nut 48.
- a locking device 49 may be provided, which allows a locking such that the adjusting nut 48 is fixed in the axial direction to prevent complete axial withdrawal of the spindle 47.
- the spindle 47 including the nozzle block 40 and the fuel nozzle 42 arranged thereon can be pulled axially out of the mixing device 10, so that a simple exchange of the fuel nozzle 42 can take place in this manner.
- the locking device 49 is designed in particular as a plate 49a displaceable transversely to the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10, with a keyhole-like opening 49b (cf. FIGS. 4 .
- the nozzle 40 is in particular manually or automatically axially displaceable, in particular rule-based displaced with automated displacement.
- FIGS. 11 to 15 show various components of the burner 100 with the mixing device 10, the blower 120 and a fuel pump 140th
- the fan 120 generates an airflow along a first direction x (see in particular FIG Figures 11 and 16 ), which is introduced by means of a connecting channel 130 in the burner tube 20 of the mixing device 10. Based on FIGS. 16 to 18 the design of the connecting channel 130 is explained in more detail, which is basically independent of the specific embodiment of the mixing device 10.
- the fan 120 generates an air flow in the first direction x, in which the air flows into the connecting channel 130, wherein the connecting channel 130 deflects the air in a second direction y, which is in particular perpendicular to the first direction x.
- the second direction y corresponds to the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10, so that the connecting channel 130 ensures that the air flows in the direction of the longitudinal axis 1 into the mixing device 10, but the fan 120 does not have to be arranged in extension of the longitudinal axis 1, where the thermal load is high, but can be arranged offset to the longitudinal axis 1, where the thermal load is lower.
- the connecting channel 130 In the first direction x, the connecting channel 130 widened in a wedge-shaped manner so as to already give the air flow a velocity component in the second direction y.
- the connecting channel 130 is in particular designed such that it has means which direct the air flowing in the first direction x into a circular flow around the second direction y. In this way, a swirl of the air flow is achieved already in the connecting channel 130, which favors the operation of the mixing device 10 in that a better turbulence between the incoming air and the sprayed fuel takes place, so that a more stable flame can be achieved in this way ,
- the connecting channel 130 has a pipe section 132, the longitudinal axis of which runs parallel to the second direction y and thus parallel to the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10 and which in particular coincides at least in sections with the burner pipe 20.
- the pipe section 132 has at least one, in the present case two diametrically opposite inlet openings 134. Through one of the two inflow openings 134, air flowing along the first direction x can flow tangentially into the pipe section 132. Through the diametrically opposite inlet opening 134 also flows air tangentially into the pipe section 132, but after deflection by 180 ° from the first direction x.
- direct air is introduced tangentially into the burner tube 20 by means of the connecting channel 130, wherein a circular flow is generated about the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10 and thus already supplied through the burner tube 20 twisted air of the air nozzle 60, so that optionally the separating disk 50 with swirl openings 53 can be omitted, alternatively the air is twisted further in the direction of the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10 by the swirl openings 53 of the separating disk 50.
- the direction of the swirl openings 53 corresponds in particular to the direction of the circular flow about the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10, to the air flow disturb as little as possible.
- the inclination of the recirculation opening 85 and the openings 75 of the recirculation means 70 correspond in particular to the swirl direction of the incoming air in order to disturb the flow as little as possible.
- the diversion of the air flowing from the blower 120 into the inflow opening 134 takes place, in particular, by means of an air guide plate 138, which divides the connecting channel 130 into two air ducts, of which one deflects air onto the first inflow opening 134 and the other air diverts through 180 ° into the second Inlet opening 134 passes, in order to be able to introduce air through both inlet openings 134 tangentially into the pipe section 132 in this way.
- the air guide plate 138 is adjustable in its position within the connecting channel 130, for example by means of a screw 139 in order to vary the amount of air flowing through the two inlet openings 134.
- a passage cross-section 135 of the inflow openings 134 is variably adjustable.
- the means are designed as a tube 136, which rests with its outer wall on the inner wall of the pipe section 132 and / or the inner wall of the air baffle 138.
- the tube 136 has two diametrically arranged openings 137 which are formed in particular as slots in the direction of the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10, wherein the tube 136 is arranged rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis l, so that depending on the rotation and position of the tube 136 and the openings 137 relative to the inlet openings 134, the inflow openings 134 more or less open and thus the passage cross-section 135 of the inflow openings 134 is varied.
- the rotation of the tube 136 is effected in particular by means of an actuating lever 150 (cf. Fig.
- the actuating lever 150 has a groove 152, in which a pin 153 is guided, whereby a limitation of the rotational travel of the actuating lever 150 is carried out, so that even without opening the burner housing to recognize whether the inlet openings 134 just a maximum or minimum or a have between the extreme positions located passage cross-section.
- the air flow in the direction of the longitudinal axis 1 of the mixing device 10 is further facilitated by the fact that in the pipe section 132, in particular in the burner tube 20, a truncated cone is arranged, the tapered portion facing in the direction of the mixing device 10 or the flame tube 30, wherein in the present case second element 43b of the holder 43 of the nozzle block 40 is formed as a truncated cone-like element.
- connection channel 130 shows the FIGS. 19 and 20 . It is possible, as in the FIGS. 19 and 20 2, the air guide plate 138 arranged in the connection channel 130 is omitted, so that the air flowing out of the blower 120 flows partially into the first inlet opening 134 and partially only on the outside of the burner tube 20 into the diametrically opposite inlet opening 134.
- a baffle 131 may be tangentially disposed on the tube 136, that extends in particular through the first inflow opening 134 into the connecting channel 130 and favors a division of the air flow. In this case, the baffle 131 is also upon rotation of the tube 136 rotated, so that in this way also a variation of the passage cross-section of the inflow opening 134 can take place.
- the fan 120 is preferably infinitely variable in its speed. Furthermore, the amount of fuel, which is supplied via the fuel nozzle 42 of the mixing device 10, also variable continuously.
- the burner 100 with the mixing device 10, the blower 110 and the connecting channel 130 arranged between them enables a low-emission, efficient combustion of liquid or gaseous fuels. Due to the described geometry of the connecting channel 130, the pressure loss of the incoming combustion air is minimized and the blower pressure is used primarily for mixing combustion air and fuel and to overcome the exhaust-side resistances in the heat generator and in the exhaust system.
- the geometry of the connecting channel 130 further causes an increase in the static pressure of the cross-sectional widening of the air ducts in the transition to the burner tube 20, which stabilizes the flame even with pressure fluctuations in the exhaust system.
- soot formation on the mixing head and the ignition electrodes 55 is prevented.
- the good mixing of combustion air, exhaust gases and fuel allows a reduction of the injection pressure, in particular of fuel oil, to less than 4 bar. This allows a reduction of the burner power to less than 7 kW when commercial fuel nozzles 42 are used.
- the system is also suitable for use in larger power ranges of more than 150 kW, where so far the exponentially increasing fan power limited the use of Blaubrandsystemen with spin stabilized flame.
- the optimally stabilized flame makes the system particularly suitable for the use of condensing heat exchangers and boilers with high exhaust-side resistances.
- the sealing of the air nozzle 60 to the flame tube 30 and combustion chamber prevents unwanted, undefined false air flow. This conditional soot formation and undesirable pressure loss can be avoided.
- the present burner 100 thus has, in particular, a housing geometry which, by appropriate guidance of the combustion air, causes it to rotate in front of the air nozzle 60 by tangential inflow into the burner tube 20. Further, the recirculating exhaust gases are supplied via obliquely arranged, oriented in the twist direction recirculation openings 85 of the combustion zone.
- the fuel nozzle 42 can be moved axially to the fixed air nozzle 60, whereby the resulting Heilausströmquerites is variable.
- the outflowing air velocity, the air volume and the air pressure are thus changeable.
- a variable speed fan 120 are those required for combustion Air volume, air speed and air pressure adjustable according to a characteristic curve. If, in addition, the fuel quantity is varied, for example by means of a modulating fuel pump 140 or a modulating fuel valve, a modulating combustion mode of the burner 100 is possible in addition to single-stage or multistage operation.
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