NL2004917C2 - Device and method for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob. - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N1/00—Regulating fuel supply
- F23N1/002—Regulating fuel supply using electronic means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
- F23N5/02—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium
- F23N5/10—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples
- F23N5/102—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples using electronic means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
- F23N5/20—Systems for controlling combustion with a time programme acting through electrical means, e.g. using time-delay relays
- F23N5/203—Systems for controlling combustion with a time programme acting through electrical means, e.g. using time-delay relays using electronic means
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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
- F24C3/12—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
- F24C3/126—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
- F23N5/02—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium
- F23N5/10—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples
- F23N5/107—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using thermocouples using mechanical means, e.g. safety valves
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
- F23N5/20—Systems for controlling combustion with a time programme acting through electrical means, e.g. using time-delay relays
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Description
Device and method for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob
The invention relates to a device and method for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob.
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The use of thermocouples in gas appliances is known as such. Such thermocouples produce an electrical output when a gas burner has been lit. This electrical output is used to maintain a solenoid valve open. If the flame is extinguished, the temperature of the thermocouple drops resulting in a reduced voltage being 10 produced which in turn results in the solenoid valve being forced into a closed position and thereby turning off the supply of gas. Typically, a thermocouple produces a voltage of 35 mV in an open circuit.
State of the art devices use relays incorporated into an electric circuit of the thermocouple to disconnect the circuit so as to close the gas valve. Although small, a 15 contact resistance of the relay limits the availability of current to the solenoid valve. Over time, the degree of resistance presented by the contact terminals of the relay may increase due to contact wear and contamination in the cooking environment. With a relatively small contact resistance, the circuit may still operate although a greater voltage will be required from the output of the thermocouple. In practice this will result in 2 0 a longer period being required before the solenoid is activated and as the contact resistance increases, an even longer period of time is required for the control devices to be manually held in place before the solenoid valve engages. In the extreme condition, the voltage drop across the resistance increases to an extent that there is no longer sufficient power available at the solenoid valve for it to maintain the valve in an open 25 state. If this is the case, the switch needs to be replaced.
In patent publication GB 2344877A, a resistance was placed in series between the thermocouple and the solenoid valve, and a switch was placed in parallel with the resistor. In this way, the resistor compensated for the presence of contact resistance at the contacts of the switch such that an additional transmission path is provided when 30 the switch is closed and a degree of resistance is provided when the switch connects the output of the output of the thermocouple to ground. The switch itself may still get polluted and eventually must be replaced.
Patent publication EP 1505344 A2 describes a device for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob. The gas flame is turned off by applying a 35 compensation current onto the circuit formed by the thermocouple and the solenoid valve. The circuit is not disconnected since it is believed that this sensitive 2 thermocouple circuit must not be disconnected by means of a switch. The disadvantage of the solution of EP 1505344 A2 is that in the absence of electrical power, the thermocouple circuit can not be disturbed in order to turn off the gas flame. This may lead to unwanted situations.
5 It is the object of the present invention to overcome one or more of the problems of the state of the art mentioned above.
This object is achieved by providing a device for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob, the device comprising: - a solenoid valve for opening and turning off a gas supply to the gas hob; 10 - a thermocouple for proving a current to the solenoid valve; - a switch for switching off the current to the solenoid valve resulting in the solenoid valve being forced into a closed position and thereby turning off the supply of gas, wherein the switch comprises a semiconductor transistor; - a control unit for controlling the switch.
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By using a semiconductor as a switch, the resistance of the switch will not increase over time as was the case with the contact resistance of mechanical switches. Furthermore, pollution of the switch does not occur since it is a semiconductor switch which can not be influenced by filth or grease.
2 0 According to a particular embodiment, the semiconductor transistor comprises a
Field Effect Transistor (FET). By using a field effect transistor (FET) the switch has a very low resistance which will not, or little, influence the voltage across the solenoid valve.
According to an embodiment, the switch comprises a MESFET which may be a 2 5 MOSFET or any other type of MESFET.
In an embodiment, a MESFET is used having a drain-source resistance RDs(on) for which counts: RDS(on)< 2mQ at VGs > 4 V, with VGs being the applied voltage between the gate and source of the MESFET.
Alternatively, the semiconductor transistor may be a so-called IGBT.
30 In an embodiment, the device comprises a control unit for controlling the VGS of the FET. The control unit may comprise a connection to an on/off button for manually switching off the thermocouple and thus the gas flame. The control unit may also comprise a timer, which can be set by the user. If the time set in the timer expires, the gas flame will be turned off. This will increase the safety of the gas stove. If for example 35 the user forgets to turn off the flame himself, the timer will ultimately cause the thermocouple to be switched off and thus the gas flame.
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The invention also relates to a method for electrically controlled turning off of a gas flame of a gas hob, the method comprising: - opening and turning off a gas supply to the gas hob by means of a solenoid valve; 5 - proving a current to the solenoid valve by means of a thermocouple; - switching off the current to the solenoid valve by means of a switch resulting in the solenoid valve being forced into a closed position and thereby turning off the supply of gas, wherein the switch comprises a semiconductor transistor; - controlling the switch by means of a control unit.
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Further details and advantages of the present invention will become clear to the reader after reading the description of the embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a scheme of a device for electronically controlling the gas flow to a 15 gas hob according to an embodiment;
Figure 2 shows a graph of the characteristics of the HEXFET® Power MOSFET.
Figure 1 shows a scheme of a device for electronically controlling the gas flow to a gas hob according to an embodiment. The device comprises a thermocouple 1 and a 2 0 solenoid valve 3. The solenoid valve 3 opens and closes a gas supply to a gas hob, not shown. In use, the thermocouple 1 is heated by a gas flame 2. The thermocouple 1 is connected to the solenoid valve 3 via a MOSFET 4. The gate-source voltage of the MOSFET 4 is controlled by a control unit 5. The control unit 5 comprises a timer and is also connected to a display unit 6. This display unit 5 may be integrated in a gas stove.
2 5 In the embodiment of Figure 1, an n-channel MOSFET enhanced type transistor is used. Other types of MOSFETs may be used as well such as p-channel MOSFETs or depletion type MOSFETs.
Alternatively, an IGFET could be used for switching the current. An IGFET is related to the MOSFET, though it has a gate insulator that is not oxide. A more general 30 term for IGFET and MOSFET is MESFET.
According to a further embodiment, the device comprises an IGBT transistor. An IGBT is normally used for high power switching but could as well be used to disconnect the thermocouple 1 from the solenoid valve 3. An IGBT combines the gate characteristics of a MOSFET transistor with the possibility of high currents and low 35 saturation voltages of a bipolar transistor by placing a MOSFET and a bipolar power transistor in a single housing.
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In an embodiment, the FET used for switching comprises a HEXFET® Power MOSFET available at the company International Rectifier. Figure 2 shows a graph of the characteristics of the HEXFET® Power MOSFET. The graph shows the drain-to-source resistance Rds when the MOSFET is steered open as a function of the gate-to-5 source voltage Vgs- As can be seen from Figure 2, the resistance RDs is lower than 2 mQ when the voltage Vgs is higher than 4 V at room temperature, i.e. 25 °C. Using a semiconductor switch having such a low resistance, improves the functioning of the device, making it possible to disconnect the thermocouple 1 from the solenoid valve 3 without too much loss of voltage drop. The control unit 5 may comprise circuitry 10 powered by a 5V power supply. Such a unit will produce no more than Vgs=5V. But this is sufficient to put this MOSFET into its low resistive range, see Figure 2. Of course higher voltages are possible using suitable control units.
The invention is by no means limited to the use of a FET. Also other transistors may be used. Especially a JFET transistor or a so-called MODFET could be used to 15 switch the thermocouple on/off. Since a MESFET does not have a gate-source junction, the control current does not affect the current to be switched which is favourable for this application.
It is emphasized that the present invention can be varied in many ways, of which 2 0 the alternative embodiments as presented are just a few examples. These different embodiments are hence non-limiting examples. The scope of the present invention, however, is only limited by the subsequently following claims.
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List of abbreviation.
MOSFET: metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor MODFET: modulation-doped field-effect transistor 5 MESFET: metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor JFET: Junction field-effect transistor FET: Field-effect transistor IGFET: insulated-gate field-effect transistor IGBT: Insulated gate bipolar transistor
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