US3432247A - Boiler for heating combustible fluids - Google Patents

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US3432247A
US3432247A US645756A US3432247DA US3432247A US 3432247 A US3432247 A US 3432247A US 645756 A US645756 A US 645756A US 3432247D A US3432247D A US 3432247DA US 3432247 A US3432247 A US 3432247A
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KONUS KESSEL GES fur WARMETECH
Konus Kessel Gesellschaft fur Warmetechnik Mbh & Co Kg
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23M—CASINGS, LININGS, WALLS OR DOORS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; DEVICES FOR DEFLECTING AIR, FLAMES OR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION APPARATUS; DETAILS OF COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F23M11/00—Safety arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H8/00—Fluid heaters characterised by means for extracting latent heat from flue gases by means of condensation
    • F24H8/006—Means for removing condensate from the heater
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]

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  • a boiler for heating combustible fluids comprising a burner and a closed housing with a bottom which slopes downwardly toward a drain pipe provided with closure means which is closed during operation of the burner to prevent escape of gases and which is open when the burner is at rest to permit draining of accumulated fluid.
  • This invention relates to a boiler for heating combustible fluids, particularly heat transmitting fluids, having a closed boiler housing, coiled pipes for conducting the fluid, and at least one burner heated by gaseous or fluid fuel, with the flame directed toward the interior of the housing.
  • Boilers of the type referred to are used in increasing numbers in industry for the most diverse heating installations. They are characterized by the fact that the heat carrier used, usually oil, is in a fluid state and hence transmits great quantities of heat. Such boilers operate in general with very high pressure within the housing. The housing must accordingly be essentially closed and may not have any large openings.
  • the oil entering the boiler is constant y burned. Substantial danger can, however, arise if oil should accumulate at the bottom of the housing while the boiler is not in operation. Should the burner then be started, especially if the boiler is hot, with consequent gasification, an explosion may occur under certain conditions.
  • any presence of the combustible fluid in the interior of theboiler is, in accordance with the invention, avoided by providing in the bottom of the boiler at least and preferably one drain, each point of the boiler bottom being downwardly inclined toward the drain, the drain being provided with a closure which is closed while the burner is in operation and open when the burner is inoperative.
  • the boiler has the shape of a body of rotation, preferably that of a truncated cone, wherein the bottom of the boiler preferably is in the shape of a shallow cone.
  • the drain is disposed in the center of this cone and is carried outwardly toward a closure device.
  • a warning system may further be provided which willreact to the escape of oil from the drain.
  • Such a system can, for example, comprise a small container having disposed therein a light floating body which, upon escape of oil into the container, will be lifted and actuate an electrical contact.
  • the closure means for the drain comprises a solenoid which is connected in 3,432,247 Patented Mar. 11, 1969 the electrical circuit of the burner and maintains the closure means closed when the burner is in operation.
  • the solenoid may, for example, be controlled by the socalled flame watcher with which oil burners are usually provided. As long as such a flame watcher, which is responsive to light phenomena, observes the burner flame, it maintains the drain closure means closed.
  • the closure means comprises a valve member which is held closed by overpressure in the interior of the boiler.
  • the valve may, for example, be so constructed that an extension is provided at the end of the drain pipe, which extension is closed at its free end by a plate having a central opening.
  • a plate maintained, preferably from without, by a light spring and which, upon occurrence of excess pressure in the drain pipe, that is to say While the burner is operating, is pressed against the opening by the excess pressure, against the resistance of the spring, to maintain the opening closed.
  • a device may, for example, be further improved by coupling the plate with a contact maker which indicates the open and closed condition of the valve means.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view of a boiler shown in elevation
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the closure means in FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of .a second embodiment of the closure means.
  • FIG. 1 In FIG. 1 is seen a boiler housing 1 having a lower conical portion 1a.
  • a coil system for a fluid to be heated is shown at C and a burner B is located at the top of the boiler with its flame directed downwardly.
  • the bottom 2 of the boiler housing is in the form of a downwardly inclined shallow cone.
  • a drain pipe 3 which is provided at its outer end with a closure means comprising a shut-01f valve 4 and a U-shaped pipe 6 which is filled with oil up to the level indicated at 5.
  • the U- shaped pipe 6 is so dimensioned that the normally occurring boiler pressure of, for example, 30 mm. W.S. is insuflicient to force the fluid accumulated in the pipe outwardly. Accordingly, flue gases cannot escape from the U-shaped pipe while the burner is running.
  • the free leg of the U is bent downwardly.
  • the downwardly curving portion is detachable, to allow for filling to the desired level. Normally, the fluid level should reach the level of point '5, at the separation line of the upwardly bent portion.
  • FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the closure means with the downwardly curving portion of pipe 6 detached.
  • the closure means comprises a valve means which is held closed by the overpressure in the interior of the boiler.
  • an extension 11 is formed at the end of the U-shaped pipe 6, said extension having a plate 12 at its free end with a central opening 13.
  • a valve plate 14 is acted on by spring 15 such that upon operation of the boiler, an overpressure is developed which acts on valve plate 14 to displace the same against the action of spring 15 to close opening 13 and hence close the outlet of pipe 3. Thus escape of fluid gas is prevented.
  • FIG. 3 is shown an arrangement which is similar to that in FIG. 2 with the exception that valve plate 14' is positively displaced by the action of solenoid 16 (rather than overpressure in the boiler).
  • the solenoid is connected to the electrical burner circuit so as to be operable with the burner, whereby the closure means is closed when the burner operates and open when the burner is inoperative.
  • a boiler for heating combustible fluids comprising a closed boiler housing defining a combustion chamber, a coiled pipe system in said chamber for conducting combustible fluid, and a burner having a flame directed inwardly of the housing into said chamber, said housing having a surface of conical shape at the bottom of said chamber which narrows downwardly, a drain pipe connected to said conical surface at the lowest point thereof, and closure means for said drain pipe for preventing escape of flue gases when the burner is in operation, while permitting the draining of accumulated fluid when the burner is not operating.
  • closure means is in closed position when the burner is in operation and in open position when the burner is not operating.
  • a boiler as defined in claim 2 comprising .a solenoid operative with said burner to close the closure means during operation of the burner.
  • closure means comprises a valve member which is closed by the pressure in the combustion chamber during operation of the burner.
  • closure means comprises a U-shaped pipe connected to said drain pipe at the outlet end thereof, said U-shaped pipe containing a liquid, the level of which lies below the lowest point of the bottom of the chamber.

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US1785154A (en) * 1926-06-28 1930-12-16 Anson Stiles Blake Oil-burning process
US2531159A (en) * 1948-04-15 1950-11-21 William G Rowell System for burner cutoff and signaling means upon tank leakage
US2667215A (en) * 1950-06-20 1954-01-26 Donald E Pressey Automatic feed line cutoff and drain for oil burners

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US1785154A (en) * 1926-06-28 1930-12-16 Anson Stiles Blake Oil-burning process
US2531159A (en) * 1948-04-15 1950-11-21 William G Rowell System for burner cutoff and signaling means upon tank leakage
US2667215A (en) * 1950-06-20 1954-01-26 Donald E Pressey Automatic feed line cutoff and drain for oil burners

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US5161471A (en) * 1991-11-13 1992-11-10 Riley Stoker Corporation Apparatus for reburning ash material of a previously burned primary fuel

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