(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an energy-saving fuel gas system, and in particular relates to an energy-saving fuel gas system providing a premixing mode and a diffuse-blend mode which are coexisted.
(2) Description of the Related Art
In general, combustion is an exothermic chemical reaction which is produced by a mixture of a fuel gas and a combustion-supporting gas to be presented by flames. For example, in a device system (referred as a fuel gas system hereinafter) such as a gas stove and a water heater, a fuel gas is burned to produce heat energy for heating a desired substance. As to the fuel gas system, a fuel gas and a combustion-supporting gas (e.g., oxygen) must be consumed during the combustion reaction. An incomplete combustion is formed if the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas cannot be sufficiently mixed, and a desired heat energy still can be produced during the incomplete combustion process by consuming more fuel gas.
In conventional fuel gas systems, a current premixing method is that a fuel gas and a combustion-supporting gas are mixed in advance, and then a mixture of the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas is provided for combustion in a chemical reaction. That is, the premixing method represents that fuel molecule and oxide molecule must be mixed in advance prior to combustion reaction, and a fuel gas combustion efficiency is determined by the mixing product. In the current premixing methods, a fuel gas is injected into a gas-mixing pipe in a direct way from a jet head to simultaneously entrant an ambient air therewith, and finally the mixture of the fuel gas and the air is transmitted to a combustion site (a combustion end). However, this method cannot provide sufficient reaction space or time for mixing the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas, resulting in an incomplete utilization of fuel gas (incomplete combustion) and wasting resources.
In view of this, the invention provides an energy-saving fuel gas system comprising a premixing mode and a diffuse-blend mode which are coexisted. Accordingly, the mixing of the fuel gas and the air (the combustion-supporting gas) can be more complete, the combustion reaction temperature of the suitable fuel is effectively increased by the heat accumulation effect of the fire board to heat up and expand the subsequent suitable fuel, thereby thinning flammable molecule to have a maximum air-fuel ratio and producing chimney effect to break down water molecule in air into supplemental fuel and combustion assistant to attain an optimum energy-saving efficiency.
To attain the above purposes, the energy-saving fuel gas system comprises a premixing module, a diffuse-blend module and a fairing hood. The premixing module comprises a pipe body, at least one first combustion-supporting gas inlet and a fuel gas injection unit. The pipe body provides a premixing space therein. The first combustion-supporting gas inlet is provided for allowing a combustion-supporting gas to flow into the pipe body. The fuel gas injection unit disposed on one end of the pipe body is located at a first side of the premixing space of the pipe body so as to supply and inject a fuel gas into the premixing space of the pipe body and to cause the fuel gas for traveling in the premixing space of the pipe body in a helical or scroll path. The diffuse-blend module, which is located at a second side of the premixing space of the premixing module relative to the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module, comprises an upper seat body which is provided with a diffuse-blend space and a fire board which is disposed in the upper seat body, located above the diffuse-blend space and opened with a plurality of flame holes. A fairing hood, which is connected to the upper seat body of the diffuse-blend module and located between the premixing space of the premixing module and the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module, comprises a centrally-opened fairing hole. The fairing hole is provided for allowing the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas to be mixed in the premixing space of the premixing module to flow into the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module.
With the helical or scroll air-mixing mechanism formed by the fuel gas injection unit of the invention, the injected fuel gas and the air are mixed to form a suitable fuel in the premixing space. Further, with the flames on the fire board to perform a combustion chemical reaction, the combustion reaction temperature of the suitable fuel is effectively increased by the heat accumulation effect of the fire board to heat up and expand the subsequent suitable fuel, thereby thinning flammable molecule to have a maximum air-fuel ratio and producing chimney effect to break down water molecule in air into supplemental fuel and combustion assistant to attain an optimum energy-saving efficiency.
Preferably, the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module which is disposed on one end of the pipe body of the premixing module near to a pipe wall thereof is provided with a fuel gas injection port utilized to obliquely inject the fuel gas so that the fuel gas injected into the premixing space of the pipe body travels in the helical path, and the at least one first combustion-supporting gas inlet of the premixing module disposed on the pipe wall of the pipe body of the premixing module is located below the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module.
Preferably, an included angle ranging from 45 to 85 degrees can be formed between the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module and a horizontal plane.
Preferably, the premixing module further comprises a disk body which is disposed on one end of the pipe body and provided with the at least one first combustion-supporting gas inlet, the fuel gas injection unit is disposed on the disk body and is provided with a fuel gas injection port, and the at least one first combustion-supporting gas inlet of the disk body is located around the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit.
Preferably, the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module is provided with a guide slot and an arcuate passage connected to a bottom of the guide slot provided for allowing the fuel gas to flow into the guide slot, and the fuel gas injection port is provided on a top of the guide slot of the fuel gas injection unit so that the fuel gas injected into the premixing space of the pipe body travels in the scroll path.
Preferably, the pipe body of the premixing module can be a venturi tube, and a bunch part is provided on one end of the pipe body of the premixing module which is near to the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module, thereby limiting the suitable fuel to flow in a direction from the premixing space toward the diffuse-blend space.
Preferably, the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit is further connectively disposed with a flow control mechanism, thereby controlling the flow rate and the amplitude of the injected fuel gas.
Preferably, the energy-saving fuel gas system further comprises an outer housing including a base seat opened with at least one second combustion-supporting gas inlet, in which the premixing module arranged in the outer housing is connected to the base seat of the outer housing, and the upper seat body of the diffuse-blend module is connected to the outer housing at one side thereof where is opposite to that of the base seat of the outer housing to be located. Accordingly, with the outer housing, backfire from flames in the combustion process can be prevented.
Preferably, the fairing hood comprises an arcuate recessed flange concave to the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module, thereby enabling the suitable fuel produced from the premixing space and the air located in the outer housing to smoothly flow into the diffuse-blend space.
Preferably, the fire board can be further made of ceramic material, thereby rapidly attaining a predetermined high temperature in a combustion reaction.
Preferably, the flow control mechanism comprises a needle body capable of being operated relative to the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit and a guide bar being directly or indirectly connected to the needle body. With the needle body driven by the guide bar, a user can open or close the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit or to regulate the fuel gas injection port of the fuel gas injection unit for controlling the flow rate of injected fuel gas.
Preferably, the flow control mechanism further comprises a linkage which is provided with a fixed point and two ends respectively connected to the guide bar and a finger-dialing member, so that the linkage is rotated by taking the fixed point as an axis. With an appropriate proportional arrangement of between the guide bar and the linkage, a user can conveniently open or close the fuel gas injection port or to regulate the fuel gas injection port for controlling the flow rate of injected fuel gas by controlling finger-dialing member disposed on an external control panel at a small span.
Preferably, the guide bar is provided with an elongated hole at a location where is connected to the linkage, or the linkage is provided with an elongated hole at a location where is connected to the guide bar, thereby attaining an optimum linking effect.
Preferably, the energy-saving fuel gas system further comprises a preheating pipeline which is connected to the fuel gas injection unit for increasing the temperature of the fuel gas when the fuel gas enters the arcuate passage of the fuel gas injection unit of the premixing module, capable of cooperating other types of fuels for use. With the preheating pipeline to increase the temperature of the fuel gas in advance, the fuel molecule can be acceleratingly thinned and converted into a gas-state fuel to flow into the arcuate passage, thereby effectively reducing the time required by the heating of the subsequent fuel gas, attaining complete combustion of the fuel and promoting the entire efficiency.
Preferably, the preheating pipeline can be disposed in the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module. With the high heat energy stored in the diffuse-blend space of the diffuse-blend module to offer a preheat effect, the energy required in the preheating process can be effectively saved.
A detailed description is given in the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present invention can be more fully understood by reading the subsequent detailed description and examples with references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following description is of the best-contemplated mode of carrying out the invention. This description is made for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the invention is best determined by reference to the appended claims.
The premixing module 20 is disposed on the base seat 11 of the outer housing 10. The fuel gas injection unit 22 of the premixing module 20, which is disposed on one end of the pipe body 21 of the premixing module 20 near to a pipe wall thereof and disposed on the base seat 11 of the outer housing 10 together with the pipe body 21 of the premixing module 20, is provided with a fuel gas injection port 223 that is utilized to inject the fuel gas into the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20. In the premixing module 20, the at least one first combustion-supporting gas inlet 212 disposed on the pipe wall of the pipe body 21 is relatively located below the fuel gas injection port 223 of the fuel gas injection unit 22 for allowing air (a combustion-supporting gas) to flow into the pipe body 21 of the premixing module 20. As shown in
The diffuse-blend module 30, which is connected above the side housing 12 of the outer housing 10 and located at a second side of the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20 relative to the fuel gas injection unit 22 of the premixing module 20, comprises an upper seat body 31 and a fire board 32. The upper seat body 31, which is provided with a diffuse-blend space 311 therein, at least comprises an upper cover 312 and a lower cover 313. The fire board 32, which is disposed in the upper seat body 31 and located above the diffuse-blend space 311, is opened with a plurality of hive-like flame holes 321, thereby discharging a secondary air-mixing suitable fuel for combustion reaction.
The fairing hood 40, which is connected to a lower end of the upper seat body 31 of the diffuse-blend module 30 and located between the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20 and the diffuse-blend space 311 of the diffuse-blend module 30, comprises a centrally-opened fairing hole 41 and an arcuate recessed flange 42. The arcuate recessed flange 42 is gradually concave to, from the periphery toward the center thereof, the diffuse-blend space 311 of the diffuse-blend module 30. The fairing hole 41 is provided for allowing the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas to be mixed in the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20 to flow into the diffuse-blend space 311 of the diffuse-blend module 30, i.e., the mixed suitable fuel (the fuel gas and the combustion-supporting gas) in the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20 and the air (the combustion-supporting gas) in the outer housing 10 can be smoothly flowing into the diffuse-blend space 311 of the diffuse-blend module 30 for a secondary scroll air-mixing treatment.
Accordingly, in the energy-saving fuel gas system 1 of the first embodiment, a mechanism of effectively binding a premixing mode and a diffuse-blend mode can be obtained. Besides, a suitable fuel, which is produced by the mixing reaction of fuel molecule and oxidative molecule to be completed in the premixing space 211 of the premixing module 20, is guided into the diffuse-blend space 311 of the diffuse-blend module 30 via the fairing hood 40, so that the diffuse-blend module 30 can be utilized to discharge a secondary air-mixing suitable fuel for combustion reaction. Further, the combustion reaction temperature of the suitable fuel is effectively increased by the heat accumulation effect of the fire board to heat up and expand the subsequent suitable fuel, thereby thinning flammable molecule to have a maximum air-fuel ratio and producing chimney effect to break down water molecule in air into supplemental fuel and combustion assistant to attain an optimum energy-saving efficiency.
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In this embodiment, the rotating direction of the scroll path ‘B’ can be adjusted in accordance with the usage environment. The scroll path ‘B’ can be adjusted in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction by changing the setting position of the arcuate passage 522, thereby achieving an optimum usage state based on the interhemispheric natural cyclone regularity.
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A flow control mechanism 54, which can be further connectively disposed on the fuel gas injection port 523 of the guide slot 521, is utilized to control the flow rate or the amplitude of the injected fuel gas, thereby attaining the air-mixing effect. It must be explained first that the flow control mechanism 54 illustrated in the figures is one of devices used in practical applications, and there still have several valves for regulating the output gas. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed flow control mechanism. As shown in
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In conclusion, according to the principle and structure disclosed in the embodiments of the invention, it is understood that the fuel gas system of the invention provides a two coexisted mechanisms comprising the premixing mode and the diffuse-blend mode. The premixing spaces 211 and 511 of the premixing modules 20 and 50 are utilized for mixing the injected fuel gas and the air to form the suitable fuel. After being processed by the diffuse-blend module 30 for the secondary air-mixing, the mixed suitable fuel is discharged to perform the combustion reaction. Further, the combustion reaction temperature of the suitable fuel is effectively increased by the heat accumulation effect of the fire board to heat up and expand the subsequent suitable fuel, thereby thinning flammable molecule to have a maximum air-fuel ratio and producing chimney effect to break down water molecule in air into supplemental fuel and combustion assistant to attain an optimum energy-saving efficiency.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements (as would be apparent to those skilled in the art). Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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102110168 | Mar 2013 | TW | national |