Instrumented Burner Offset Sensing for Stable Furnace Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing burners in industrial furnaces and boilers face challenges in maintaining optimal positioning and combustion efficiency due to mechanical drift, fuel changes, and emission control, which are not effectively addressed by current empirical adjustment methods.
Innovation Solution
A fuel burner equipped with sensors to measure positional offsets and combustion parameters, connected to a computer system for real-time monitoring and adjustment to maintain target positions and optimize performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If empirical adjustment methods are used to set burner target position, then initial calcination quality can be achieved, but positioning accuracy deteriorates over time due to mechanical drift and fatigue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism using sensors (distance sensors, sinking sensors, height sensors, tilt sensors) that continuously monitor burner position and provide real-time data to a control system. This feedback loop enables detection of mechanical drift and automatic or manual correction to maintain target positioning accuracy over time, resolving the contradiction between initial positioning accuracy and long-term position stability.
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and measurement means are added to the burner, then positioning accuracy and monitoring capability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple types of sensors (distance, sinking, height, tilt) into a single multi-functional measurement system that serves various positioning and monitoring functions simultaneously. This universal approach allows one integrated sensor assembly to perform multiple measurement tasks, improving offset measurement accuracy while minimizing the increase in device complexity compared to separate independent systems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a fuel burner (2) that is to be integrated into a furnace (3) or a boiler and is arranged in said furnace (3) or said boiler in a target position, the burner (2) comprising means (C1-C9) for measuring an offset relative to the target position.