IP Library Granted Patent US 7,335,015
Granted Patent B2
US 7,335,015 · App. 10/923,919 · Granted Feb 26, 2008

Method for controlling or regulating a burner

Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies AG
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Patent No.
US 7,335,015
App. No.
10/923,919
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for controlling or regulating a burner ( 5 ) to which a defined air quantity ( 3 ) and fuel quantity ( 4 ) are fed, the exhaust gas ( 6 ) formed during the combustion being fed to a sensor ( 7 ), and the actual value ( 8 ) detected by the sensor being compared with a desired value ( 9 ), and a control deviation being obtained from the difference between desired value and actual value, which control deviation is converted into a control variable ( 11 ) which is independent of the burner power, characterized in that a power-dependent control variable ( 15 ) is generated from the power-independent control variable ( 11 ) and from burner-specific parameters ( 13 ) which are determined during setting of the burner for the respective power points of the burner, and in that the power-dependent control variable ( 15 ) is converted into a control signal ( 17, 18 ) in order to influence the ratio of the air quantity ( 3 ) to the fuel quantity ( 4 ).

Claims (18)

1. A method for controlling or regulating a burner to which a defined air quantity and fuel quantity are fed, the exhaust gas formed during the combustion being fed to a sensor, and the actual value detected by the sensor being compared with a desired value, and a control deviation being obtained from the difference between desired value and actual value, which control deviation is converted into a control variable which is independent of the burner power,

characterized in that a power-dependent control variable is generated from the power-independent control variable and from burner-specific parameters which are determined during setting of the burner for the respective power points of the burner, and in that the power-dependent control variable is converted into a control signal in order to influence the ratio of the air quantity to the fuel quantity,

characterized in that the power-independent control variable which was last present at a steady-state burner power is maintained in the event of an adjustment to the burner power and is taken into account when determining the power-dependent control variable, and

characterized in that the power-independent control variable is normalized in such a manner that a percentage change in the air density is compensated for by an identical percentage change in the control variable.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the burner-specific parameters, during setting of the burner, are determined from a first measured value and a second value and a power-dependent control variable required for changing from the first value to the second value.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , characterized in that a lambda factor is used for the burner-specific parameters.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the power-dependent control variable represents a change in the air power or fuel power which changes the supplied air quantity or fuel quantity.

5. A system for controlling or regulating a burner, to which a defined air quantity and fuel quantity are fed by means of actuators, the exhaust gas formed during the combustion being fed to a sensor, and the actual value detected by the sensor being compared with a desired value, with a control deviation being obtained from the difference between desired value and actual value, which control deviation is converted by the controller into a control variable which is independent of the burner power, characterized in that a power-dependent control variable is determined by a pilot controller from the power-independent control variable and from burner-specific parameters, and that the power-independent control variable is normalized by the pilot controller in such a manner that a percentage change in the air-density is compensated for by an identical percentage change in the control variable, and in that the power-dependent control variable is fed to an electronic combined controller, which then generates a control signal for at least one actuator in order to influence the ratio of the air quantity to the fuel quantity.

6. A system for controlling or regulating a burner, comprising

actuators configured to cause a defined air quantity and fuel quantity to be provided to a burner;

a sensor configured to receive exhaust gas formed during combustion and generate an actual sensed value;

a control circuit configured to

compare the actual sensed value with a desired value to obtain a control deviation from the difference between desired value and actual value;

convert the control deviation into a control variable which is independent of the burner power,

wherein a power-dependent control variable is determined by a pilot controller from the power-independent control variable and from burner-specific parameters,

the power-independent control variable is normalized by the pilot controller in such a maimer that a percentage change in the air-density is compensated for by an identical percentage change in the control variable, and

the power-dependent control variable is fed to an electronic combined controller, which then generates a control signal for at least one actuator in order to influence the ratio of the air quantity to the fuel quantity.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the sensor comprises an oxygen sensor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 20, 2013
From: SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 030655/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2004
From: MEIER, ALEXANDER
To: SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 015726/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 03019747 · Aug 29, 2003 · regional
Continuity (1)
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