US 7,124,998 B2 · Electromagnetically actuated gas valve

Abstract

An electromagnetically actuated gas valve (5) for gas engines (4) includes a valve seat (13) that has at least one flow-through opening (14) and a corresponding sealing plate (15), with the sealing plate being movably arranged and guided essentially perpendicularly relative to the valve seat (13), with barrier surfaces (16) and discharge openings (17). The sealing plate (15) is loaded against the valve seat (13) by means of a return spring (25) and can be lifted for the purpose of opening it via a solenoid (21). In order to allow for the secure sealing and easy switchability even in the presence of the effect of the combustion chamber pressure, the sealing plate (15) is arranged on the discharge side of the valve seat (13) and connected by means of a stamp (29), which extends through the valve seat (13), with the anchor plate (28) of the solenoid (21). A Venturi tube meter (38) is arranged on the discharge side after the sealing plate (15) for the purpose of calibrating the flow-through correction value and for suppressing any dispersions due to manufacturing variations with regard to the effective flow cross-section, and the cross-section of the Venturi tube meter (38) is smaller than the sum of the effective flow-through cross-sections between valve seat (13) and opened sealing plate (15).

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Dependent claims

An electromagnetically-actuated fuel gas supply valve for controlling flow of fuel gas from a fuel gas line to a combustion chamber of a gas engine, said fuel gas supply valve comprising;

a gas connection at a first end for attachment to an end of the fuel gas line and a Venturi tube meter at an opposite second end for communication with the combustion chamber of the gas engine, a valve seat located between said first and second ends, said valve seat defining at least one flow through opening, an elongated stamp which extends through said valve seat and is longitudinally movable, a sealing plate which is attached to said stamp between said valve seat and said second end of said valve to be perpendicularly movable toward and away from a barrier surface of said valve seat, said sealing plate including at least one discharge opening for delivering fuel gas therethrough to said Venturi tube meter,
an anchor plate in said valve between said first end and said valve seat,
a solenoid in said valve between said anchor plate and said valve seat to move said stamp and sealing plate,
said Venturi tube meter having converging walls zone, a neck and diverging walls forming an expansion zone, and having a cross-section which is smaller than the sum of effective flow through cross-sections between the valve seat and opened sealing plate.

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Electromagnetically actuated gas valve

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