IP Library Granted Patent US 9,759,448
Granted Patent B2
US 9,759,448 · App. 14/379,970 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Mobile heating device operated with liquid fuel

Inventors: Vitali Dell (Munich, DE); Volodymyr Ilchenko (Gilching, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
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Patent No.
US 9,759,448
App. No.
14/379,970
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile heating device operated with liquid fuel is provided, having: a combustion chamber ( 2 ) comprising a combustion air inlet ( 3 ), wherein the combustion chamber adjacent to the combustion air inlet ( 3 ) comprises a widening portion ( 20 ) the cross-section of which widens with increasing distance from the combustion air inlet ( 3 ) and in which in operation combustion air and fuel are converted in a flaming combustion; a fuel supply which is arranged such that fuel is supplied into the widening portion ( 20 ); and an air guide device ( 6 ) being adapted to feed combustion air into the widening portion ( 20 ) with a flow component directed in the circumferential direction such that an axial recirculation region (RB) forms in the widening portion ( 20 ) in which gases flow in the direction towards the combustion air inlet ( 3 ) oppositely to a main flow direction (H). The combustion chamber ( 2 ) is fluidically sectioned into a primary combustion zone (PZ) and a secondary combustion zone (SZ). The primary combustion zone (PZ) comprises the widening portion ( 20 ) and the recirculation region (RB). The secondary combustion zone (SZ) is provided with a secondary combustion air inlet ( 23 ) in such a manner that a higher air-fuel ratio λ than in the primary combustion zone (PZ) forms in the secondary combustion zone (SZ).

Claims (19)

1. A mobile heating device operated with liquid fuel, said mobile heating device comprising:

a combustion chamber having a widening portion and in which in operation combustion air and fuel are converted in a flaming combustion;

a primary combustion air inlet adjacent the combustion chamber, the widening portion having a cross-section which widens with increasing distance from the primary combustion air inlet;

a fuel supply supplying fuel into the widening portion; and

an air guide guiding combustion air into the widening portion with a flow component directing the combustion air in a circumferential direction such that an axial recirculation region forms in the widening portion in which gases flow in a direction towards the primary combustion air inlet oppositely to a main flow direction, wherein the combustion chamber is fluidically sectioned into a primary combustion zone and a secondary combustion zone, the primary combustion zone includes the widening portion—and the recirculation region, and the secondary combustion zone is provided with a secondary combustion air inlet in such a manner that a higher air-fuel ratio than in the primary combustion zone forms in the secondary combustion zone.

2. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the primary combustion zone includes the widening portion and an adjacent intermediate portion of the combustion chamber.

3. The mobile heating device according to claim 2 , in which a second combustion air inlet supplies combustion air into the primary combustion zone in an intermediate portion.

4. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the secondary combustion air inlet is formed such that combustion air passing through the secondary combustion air inlet is supplied radially from outside with regard to a longitudinal axis of the heating device to gases streaming off from the primary combustion zone.

5. The mobile heating devices according to claim 1 , in which the primary combustion zone and the secondary combustion zone are contiguous to each other with a free flow cross-section.

6. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the combustion gases flow into a heat exchanger downstream of the secondary combustion zone.

7. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the fuel supply includes at least one evaporator element for evaporating the liquid fuel.

8. The mobile heating device according to claim 7 , in which the at least one evaporator element at least partially surrounds the combustion air inlet.

9. The mobile heating device according to claim 7 , in which the evaporator element is partly covered by a cover such that a fuel discharge portion is formed in a region of the evaporator element that is not covered by the cover.

10. The mobile heating device according to claim 9 , in which the fuel discharge portion is arranged at the primary combustion air inlet.

11. The mobile heating device according to claim 9 , in which the cover forms an inner wall of the widening portion.

12. The mobile heating device according to claim 7 , in which the evaporator element is arranged such that evaporated fuel exits with a directional component which is directed opposite to the main flow direction.

13. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the widening portion includes a continuously widening cross-section.

14. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the widening portion widens with an opening angle of at least 20°.

15. The mobile heating device according to claim 1 , in which the air guide is formed such that the combustion air is supplied into the widening portion—with a swirl factor of at least 0.6.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033574 FRAME: 0899. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: ILCHENKO, VOLODYMYR; DELL, VITALI
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 043212/0018 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2014
From: DELL, VITALI; ILCHENKO, VOLODYMYR
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 033574/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 101 580 · Feb 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150040885A1 · Feb 12, 2015