US 5,685,707 A · Integrated burner assembly

Abstract

An integrated burner system is disclosed having a fuel supply assembly including a fuel control for variably limiting the flow of fuel into the burner along with a discrete air control for generating a variable flow of air into the burner. The respective fuel and air controls are directed by a control system which operates these controls in order to provide and maintain a desired fuel-to-air ratio between high fire and low fire in response to a requirement for heat. A multiple burner embodiment is disclosed in which a plurality of the present integrated burners may be used to create a multiple burner system which provides a greater degree of control and efficiency than that capable with previous systems. The multiple burner embodiment also eliminates the costly installation and maintenance requirements typically associated with previous systems.

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Dependent claims

An integrated burner system for combusting two reactants comprising:

a burner for receiving a first reactant and a second reactant in order to effect combustion;
a flow control formed integrally with the burner for variably limiting and controlling the rate of flow of the first reactant into the burner in response to the demands of the system;
a blower assembly formed integrally with the burner for generating a variable rate of pressure and flow of the second reactant into the burner;
a flow control system for measuring reactant flows and directing the operation of the blower assembly so that the variable rate of flow of the second reactant is generated in response to the rate of flow of the first reactant so as to maintain a desired fuel-to-air ratio.

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A multiple burner system for combusting two reactants, said burner system comprising:

a common reactant source assembly for providing a first reactant to be combusted;
a plurality of burner elements for admitting the first reactant to each burner from the common reactant source assembly and combusting the first reactant with a second reactant, each of said plurality of burner elements further comprising:
an adjustable flow control, formed integrally with the respective burner element, for controlling the flow of the first reactant into the burner;
a blower assembly, formed integrally with the respective burner element, for generating a variable flow of the second reactant into the burner element;
and
a control system for measuring reactant flows and directing the operation of the blower assembly so that the variable rate of flow of the second reactant is generated in response to the rate of flow of the first reactant so as to maintain a desired fuel-to-air ratio.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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