Variable input radiant heater

a radiant heater and variable input technology, applied in the direction of combustion types, domestic stoves or ranges, combustion failure safes, etc., can solve the problems of only two distinct operating inputs for two-stage burners, limited dual regulation, and only coarse control of varying demands

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-01
ROBERTS GORDON INC
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The dual regulation is limited to only providing a high or low input rate to respond to a high or low heat demand.
Such two-stage burners are limited to only two distinct operating inputs, offering only coarse control of varying demands and do not match the heat demand for the majority of the time.
In both patents mentioned above, there are disadvantages to varying gas volume (or pressure) to the burner mixing apparatus without also varying combustion air volume (or pressure) to the burner's mixing apparatus.
Seel does not disclose, teach or suggest any ability to control a single “unitary” style infrared heater with a

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[0013] Generically, the present invention is directed to a single radiant heater or multi-burner radiant heating system. In particular, the present invention is directed to a single radiant heater or multi-burner radiant heating system that modulates the burner input by varying fuel and combustion air supply to the burner's mixing apparatus. The apparatus continuously varies the input of radiant gas heaters that respond to heat demand. The variable input radiant heater apparatus have a burner housing with a combustion air and fuel inlet and a burner assembly for mixing the fuel and air, and conveying the mixture into a heat exchanger for combustion. Combustion takes place inside the heat exchanger and the resulting hot products of combustion are moved through the heat exchanger to the exhaust end due to air pressure from a combustion air blower providing either positive air pressure from the burner end of the heater or negative pressure from the exhaust end of the heater. At the exh...

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A variable demand radiant heating system applies variable burner control technology to singular or mulit-burner radiant heating systems. A radiant heater consists of a burner connected to an elongated heat exchanger tube. The combustion air is supplied to the burner via blower or draft inducer. Fuel is supplied to the burner via fuel regulator. Fuel and air are mixed in burner and communicated to the inlet end of the heat exchanger tube. Spent products of combustion are expelled from the heat exchanger at the outlet end. The burner controls continuously vary gas supply pressure (volume), via a modulating gas regulator, and combustion air pressure (volume), via a variable speed blower, communicated to the burner mixing chamber, which in turn, varies the burner input on a continuous curve (not stepped or staged) within a pre-determined input range as heat demand varies.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to controlling the thermal energy generated by a heating system. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Presently, radiant heaters and radiant heating systems most commonly operate at a single preset input; and space temperature is controlled by a thermostat by turning the heater or heating system on or off. In the early to mid 1990's, radiant heaters have been developed to operate at either of two distinct preset inputs by varying the fuel pressure communicated to the burner via a two-stage fuel regulator. One radiant burner with a two-stage operation is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,353,986 titled “Demand Radiant Heating System” by Joseph B. Wortman. In the '986 patent, Wortman describes a radiant heater with a single fuel control capable of dual regulation. The dual regulation is limited to only providing a high or low input rate to respond to a high or low heat demand. [0003] Further advances in radiant burner input control ...

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IPC IPC(8): F23D14/12F23N1/00F23N1/02F23N5/18F23N5/24F24D5/08F24H3/00
CPCF23D14/12F23N1/022F23N5/184F23N5/242F24D5/08F23N2027/04F23N2031/26F23N2033/08F23N2033/10F23N2025/04F23N2225/04F23N2227/04F23N2231/26F23N2233/10F23N2233/08F23D14/151F23D14/126
Inventor STONE, PATRICK C.MURDOCH, MARK V.
Owner ROBERTS GORDON INC
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