Automatic firing rate control mode means for a boiler
AssigneeHoneywell Inc.
InventorJames I. Bartels
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Abstract
An automatic firing rate control mode arrangement is provided as a method of operation within a flame safeguard sequencer. The system uses proportional control squared, an integration which reflects the past load history to determine the present load, and further has a constant which relates the rate of change of pressure with respect to time in order to make more responsive the normal load control operation. The system is also capable of on-off control that will hold the system in low fire to allow for stabilization, and to avoid thermal shock to a boiler.
Claims5
A flame safeguard sequencer for control of a fuel burner for heating a boiler upon the operation of controller means with said fuel burner having damper means, ignition means, fuel supply means, and flame sensor means, including:
- a flame safeguard sequencer connected to said damper means, said ignition means, said fuel supply means, and said flame sensor means to sequentially operate said means to properly purge, ignite, and operate said fuel burner in a predetermined sequence upon operation of said controller means to heat said boiler;
- said flame sensor means energized by said sequencer to monitor said burner for the presence or absence of flame upon said controller means operating to initiate the operation of said fuel burner;
- means for setting a pressure for said boiler;
- pressure sensor means for said boiler with said pressure sensor means supplying said sequencer with an electrical signal related to a pressure in said boiler;
- said flame safeguard sequencer further including automatic firing rate control mode means responsive to said pressure related signal in said boiler;
- said automatic firing rate control mode means providing at least three functions to cause said boiler to be heated in a safe and efficient manner;
- a first of said functions including a proportional control function which is proportional to a difference in a set pressure for said boiler to an actual pressure in said boiler;
- said proportional control function being squared while preserving the mathematical sign of said function;
- a second of said functions including an integration of a load history of said boiler operating for a previous period of time;
- and a third of said functions including a further constant times the rate of change of pressure within said boiler with respect to time to allow said automatic firing rate control mode means to correct any errors in heating of said boiler before said error becomes large thereby providing a highly responsive control of said operation of said boiler.
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