Systems, methods, and computer program products providing flame detection
AssigneeSafe-Fire, Inc.
InventorZhigao Huang
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Abstract
A system includes a flame detector with a photon detecting portion and a processing portion, the processing portion including a processor-based device programmed to provide the following functions: receiving input regarding a type of burner and a type of fuel, applying a flame detection configuration to the burner scanner according to the received input, and performing a flame detection process according to the flame detection configuration.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a flame detector with a photon detecting portion and a processing portion, the processing portion including a processor-based device programmed to provide the following functions:
- during programming receiving input indicating a type of burner and a type of fuel;
- looking up a flame detection configuration in a data structure based on the received input indicating the type of burner and the type of fuel, the data structure comprising pre-stored entries representing flame parameters for combinations of burner types and fuel types, each one of the pre-stored entries comprising a unique set of flame parameters based on a respective match between a burner type and a fuel type;
- applying the flame detection configuration to the burner scanner, the flame detection configuration comprising flame parameters associated with a match of both the type of burner and the type of fuel indicated by the received input;
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- performing a flame detection process according to the flame detection configuration.
A method for controlling a burner comprising:
- receiving input to select a known burner type and a known fuel type;
- looking up a flame detection configuration in a data structure based on the received input, the data structure comprising pre-stored entries representing flame parameters for combinations of burner types and fuel types, each one of the pre-stored entries comprising a unique set of flame parameters based on a respective match between a burner type and a fuel type;
- based on an entry within the data structure corresponding to the known burner type and known fuel type, applying a flame detection configuration to a flame detector device, the flame detection configuration being specific to a match of the known burner type and the known fuel type;
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- performing a flame detection process according to the flame detection configuration.
A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic for programming and operating a flame detector, the computer program product comprising:
- code to receive input indicating a burner type and a fuel type during programming;
- code to look up a flame detection configuration in a data structure based on the received input, the data structure comprising pre-stored entries representing flame parameters for combinations of burner types and fuel types, each one of the pre-stored entries comprising a unique set of flame parameters based on a respective match between a burner type and a fuel type;
- code to apply flame parameters to a flame detection algorithm, where the flame parameters are associated with the entry corresponding to the received input;
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- code to discern whether a detected flame corresponds to a range of the flame parameters by the flame detection algorithm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.