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Method and system for controlling the supply of fuel and air to a furnace
Assignee: Damper Design Inc
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Filing: 1989-08-04
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Granted: 1990-05-22
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Expires: 2009-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A method and system are disclosed for providing fuel and air to a furnace. The furnace includes a plurality of burner assemblies, each with its own air valve for controlling the flow of combustion air therethrough. A sensing instrument for each burner assembly senses a condition reflecting the individual performance of that particular, separate burner assembly. A controller is coupled with the sensing instruments and with the air valves of the burner assemblies for controlling each individual air valve in response to the performance reflecting condition sensed by each sensing instrument. This results in individual control of the performance of each burner assembly of the set of burner assemblies feeding fuel and air to the furnace.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald K. Hagar
- 👤 Robert W. McIntyre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:42
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23N; F23N1/00; F23N1/02; F23N1/022; F23N5/00; F23N5/003; F23N2225/00; F23N2225/04; F23N2225/06; F23N2229/00; F23N2229/18; F23N2233/00; F23N2233/06; F23N2235/00; F23N2235/02; F23N2235/06; F23N2237/00; F23N2237/02; F23N5/006; F23N5/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A method for providing fuel and air to a furnace through a plurality of burner assemblies, each burner assembly including a combustion air register, each combustion air register including a combustion air passageway that produces a discrete air flow path of combustion air, an air valve for controlling the flow of combustion air through the burner assembly, and an air flow meter located exclusively in that combustion air register for measuring the air flow through the discrete air flow path downstream of the air valve, the method comprising the steps of: (a) sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly; (b) sensing the air flow through each separate burner assembly by taking a separate measurement exclusively of the air flow through the discrete air flow path of each combustion air register downstream of the air valve, each such separate measurement being taken with the air flow meter for the combustion air register in which the measurement is being taken; and (c) separately controlling each individual air valve in response to the combustion characteristic sensed in step (a) and the air flows sensed in step (b) to thereby individually control the performance of each burner assembly.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
197 words
A method for providing fuel and air to a furnace through a plurality of burner assemblies, each burner assembly including a combustion air register, each combustion air register including a combustion air passageway that produces a discrete air flow path of combustion air, an air valve for controlling the flow of combustion air through the burner assembly, and an air flow meter located exclusively in that combustion air register for measuring the air flow through the discrete air flow path downstream of the air valve, the method comprising the steps of: (a) sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly; (b) sensing the air flow through each separate burner assembly by taking a separate measurement exclusively of the air flow through the discrete air flow path of each combustion air register downstream of the air valve, each such separate measurement being taken with the air flow meter for the combustion air register in which the measurement is being taken; and (c) separately controlling each individual air valve in response to the combustion characteristic sensed in step (a) and the air flows sensed in step (b) to thereby individually control the performance of each burner assembly.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
235 words
A method for providing fuel and air to a furnace through a plurality of burner assemblies contained in a windbox, each burner assembly including a combustion air register having a combustion air passageway that produces a discrete air flow path, an air valve for controlling the flow of combustion air through the burner assembly, and an air flow meter located exclusively in that combustion air register for measuring the air flow through the discrete air flow path downstream of the air valve, the method comprising the steps of: (a) sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly; (b) sensing the air flow through each separate burner assembly by taking a separate measurement exclusively of the air flow through the discrete air flow path of each combustion air register downstream of the air valve, each such separate measurement being taken with the air flow meter for the combustion air register in which the measurement is being taken; and (c) separately controlling each individual air valve in response to at least one of the combustion characteristic sensed in step (a) and the air flow measured in step (b) to thereby individually control the performance of each burner assembly; wherein each burner assembly produces a flame and said step of sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly includes taking gas composition samples in the vicinities of the flames of the individual burner assemblies.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
235 words
A method for providing fuel and air to a furnace through a plurality of burner assemblies contained in a windbox, each burner assembly including a combustion air register having a combustion air passageway that produces a discrete air flow path, an air valve for controlling the flow of combustion air through the burner assembly, and an air flow meter located exclusively in that combustion air register for measuring the air flow through the discrete air flow path downstream of the air valve, the method comprising the steps of: (a) sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly; (b) sensing the air flow through each separate burner assembly by taking a separate measurement exclusively of the air flow through the discrete air flow path of each combustion air register downstream of the air valve, each such separate measurement being taken with the air flow meter for the combustion air register in which the measurement is being taken; and (c) separately controlling each individual air valve in response to at least one of the combustion characteristic sensed in step (a) and the air flow measured in step (b) to thereby individually control the performance of each burner assembly; wherein each burner assembly produces a flame and said step of sensing a combustion characteristic produced by each separate burner assembly includes taking gas composition samples in the vicinities of the flames of the individual burner assemblies.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the combustion characteristic is the relative amount of carbon monoxide in the gas sample taken.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the combustion characteristic is the relative amount of oxygen in the gas sample taken.
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