Self-Assembly Brazier with Modular Panels for Complete Fuel Combustion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional braziers are inflexible in size, occupy excessive space when stored or carried, and suffer from incomplete fuel combustion due to inadequate oxygen supply, leading to low thermal efficiency and longer cooking times.
Innovation Solution
A self-assembly brazier design featuring bilaterally symmetrical floor plates, rotatable side wall modules, and fuel loading parts, with internal panels that can be selectively combined to enhance combustion efficiency by ensuring complete fuel combustion through controlled air supply.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional brazier is manufactured into a fixed size, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it occupies excessive space when carried or stored and cannot adapt to different user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The brazier is divided into multiple detachable modules including a main body module, side wall modules, and floor plate modules. These modules can be separated and reconfigured, allowing the brazier to be disassembled into compact components for easy storage and transport, while also enabling assembly into different sizes to meet various user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed to nest within each other when disassembled. The side wall modules can be positioned inside the main body module, and floor plate modules can be stored within the assembled structure, minimizing storage space while maintaining structural integrity when assembled.
2Reliability
If outside air is introduced below fuel only once in a conventional brazier, then the structure is simple, but fuel is burned incompletely leading to low thermal efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The air supply system is segmented into multiple independent channels: a first air supply channel introduces air below the fuel, a second air supply channel introduces air above the fuel, and a third air supply channel provides additional air below the fuel. This segmented approach ensures complete combustion by distributing oxygen throughout the combustion zone without requiring a complex overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the combustion chamber are provided with tailored air supply characteristics. The first and third channels provide oxygen-rich environments below the fuel for initial combustion, while the second channel provides oxygen above the fuel for complete burnout, creating locally optimized combustion conditions throughout the brazier.
3Ease of operation
If a conventional brazier uses a fixed structure, then manufacturing is simple, but it cannot be easily assembled or disassembled for portability
Solution Approach 1:
The brazier is constructed from multiple standardized modules with simplified connection interfaces. The main body module, side wall modules, and floor plate modules can be independently manufactured using simple processes, then easily assembled together through straightforward connection mechanisms that require minimal tools or expertise.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functional components are merged into integrated modules. For example, the main body module combines the combustion chamber, ash collection area, and connection interfaces into a single manufactured unit, reducing the number of separate manufacturing steps while simplifying the final assembly process.
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 self-assembly brazier allows for easy assembly and disassembly, reduces storage space, and achieves complete fuel combustion, thereby improving thermal efficiency and reducing cooking time while minimizing fuel consumption.
Implementation Method 1
the internal panels are combined according to the user's selection... inducing complete combustion of the fuel
Implementation Method 2
a combustion space for burning fuel, such as firewood or charcoal
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a self-assembly brazier. The self-assembly brazier includes: a pair of floor plates arranged bilaterally symmetrical to face each other; a pair of side wall modules having a plurality of side panels disposed to be rotatable, being combined with each other to face each other symmetrically so that a combustion space is formed, and being arranged on upper surfaces of the floor plates to be erected; and a pair of fuel loading parts seated inside lower portions of the side wall modules so that fuel is loaded on the upper surfaces of the fuel loading parts.