Partition wall assembly for stove
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stoves experience incomplete combustion due to insufficient oxygen supply, leading to low thermal efficiency, increased fuel consumption, and thermal transformation issues with partition walls.
Innovation Solution
A partition wall assembly that surrounds the stove, featuring air intake holes at the lower portion and elevated temperature air outlets above the fuel, ensuring complete combustion by supplying oxygen twice and minimizing thermal transformation through a curved inner panel design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If outdoor air is introduced below the fuel just once in conventional stoves, then the structure is simple, but complete combustion cannot be achieved due to insufficient oxygen supply
Solution Approach 1:
The air supply system is segmented into multiple stages: first air intake holes at the lower portion of the partition wall, second air intake holes at the upper portion, and air outlets on the inner panel. This segmentation allows oxygen to be supplied at different stages of combustion, enabling complete combustion while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The partition wall structure preliminarily prepares for complete combustion by pre-positioning multiple air intake holes and outlets before combustion occurs. The first air intake holes supply oxygen to the lower combustion zone, and the second air intake holes supply oxygen to the upper combustion zone, ensuring oxygen is available when needed for complete combustion.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a straight inner panel is used in the partition wall, then the structure is simple, but thermal transformation occurs due to concentrated heat exposure
Solution Approach 1:
The inner panel is designed with a curved surface instead of a straight flat surface. This curvature distributes the heat from combustion across a larger area of the partition wall, preventing concentrated heat exposure that causes thermal transformation. The curved design effectively reduces thermal stress while maintaining structural simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the partition wall assembly is made as a single fixed size, then manufacturing is simple, but it cannot adapt to different stove sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The partition wall assembly is segmented into multiple modular panels that can be assembled in different configurations. The outer panel, inner panel, and side panels can be combined in various ways to create partition walls of different sizes, allowing the same components to adapt to different stove dimensions without requiring custom manufacturing for each size.
4Ease of operation
If the partition wall structure is made loose for easy assembly, then ease of operation is improved, but stability against external shocks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling members are designed to merge the outer panel and inner panel into a unified rigid structure. The coupling members engage with both panels simultaneously, creating a combined structure that is easy to assemble by simply connecting the panels together, while the merged structure provides sufficient stability to resist external shocks during use.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution achieves complete combustion, enhancing thermal efficiency, reducing cooking time, and maintaining stability against external shocks while allowing for adjustable size and easy disassembly.
Implementation Method 1
an outer panel having first air intake holes formed at a lower portion thereof so that first air is induced
Implementation Method 2
the first air induced through the first air intake holes moves in the air moving space while temperature of the first air is elevated
Implementation Method 3
second air outlets formed at an upper portion of the inner panel to discharge the second air with the elevated temperature toward fuel
Implementation Method 4
an inner panel body curved to have a predetermined curvature in a height direction... can minimize thermal transformation by heat generated through combustion of fuel
Implementation Method 5
a pair of side coupling members disposed at both sides of the outer panel to couple the outer panel and the inner panel with each other
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a partition wall assembly for a stove. The partition wall assembly for a stove includes a plurality of partition walls (100, 100a, 100b, 100c). Each of the partition walls includes: an outer panel (110) having first air intake holes (111a) formed at a lower portion thereof so that first air is induced; an inner panel (120) coupled to the inside of the outer panel (110), and having an air moving space (119) formed between the outer panel (110) and the inner panel (120) so that the first air induced through the first air intake holes (111a) moves in the air moving space (119) while temperature of the first air is elevated, and second air outlets (121b) formed at an upper portion thereof to discharge the second air with the elevated temperature toward fuel; and a pair of side coupling members (130) disposed at both sides of the outer panel (110) to couple the outer panel (110) and the inner panel (120) with each other. The inner panel (120) includes: an inner panel body (121) curved to have a predetermined curvature in a height direction; a lower inside coupling plate (122) extending from a lower portion of the inner panel body (121) to a predetermined area and coupled with the outer panel (110); and an upper inside coupling plate (123) extending from an upper portion of the inner panel body (121) to a predetermined area and coupled with the outer panel (110).