Gas premix burner and gas water heater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10215403-B2
Application number	US-201515523273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A gas premix burner and a gas water heater. The gas premix burner has a combustion direction, the gas premix burner can be matched and connected with a premix chamber that is disposed upstream the combustion direction of the gas premix burner, gas and air can be burned by the gas premix burner after mixed in the premix chamber; the gas premix burner comprising: a burner substrate, a main combustion hole provided on the burner substrate; an auxiliary combustion hole disposed downstream the main combustion hole along the combustion direction on the burner substrate; an auxiliary flame of the auxiliary combustion hole intersects a main flame of the main combustion hole. The present application provides the main combustion hole upstream the auxiliary combustion hole along the combustion direction, since the main flame is usually larger in scale than the auxiliary flame, by providing the main flame upstream the auxiliary flame, it will be easier for the auxiliary flame and the main flame to intersect each other, and then the effect of stabilizing the flame is realized by opposed flames formed by the auxiliary flame and the main flame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas premix burner that can be matched and connected with a premix chamber disposed upstream of a combustion direction of the gas premix burner, such that gas and air can be burned by the gas premix burner after being mixed in the gas premix chamber, the gas premix burner comprising:
a burner substrate, a main combustion hole provided on the burner substrate; and
an auxiliary combustion hole disposed downstream from the main combustion hole along the combustion direction on the burner substrate, the auxiliary combustion hole oriented toward the main combustion hole or a main flame formed by the main combustion hole;
wherein an auxiliary flame of the auxiliary combustion hole intersects a main flame of the main combustion hole.

2. The gas premix burner according to claim 1 , wherein the burner substrate has a substrate combustion surface, wherein the burner substrate is provided with a combustion platform on which the main combustion hole is disposed, and wherein the combustion platform has a platform combustion surface provided upstream the substrate combustion surface along the combustion direction.

3. The gas premix burner according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary combustion hole is located between the platform combustion surface and the substrate combustion surface.

4. The gas premix burner according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary combustion hole is provided on the burner substrate, and wherein a guiding nozzle is provided on a part of the auxiliary combustion hole close to the substrate combustion surface, so that the auxiliary flame is directed towards the main combustion hole or the main flame.

5. The gas premix burner according to claim 2 , wherein the burner substrate is provided with a spacer for spacing two adjacent combustion platforms, and wherein a width of the spacer is 25 mm or less.

6. The gas premix burner according to claim 5 , wherein the spacer is provided with a third combustion hole.

7. The gas premix burner according to claim 6 , wherein a pore diameter of the third combustion hole is less than 3 mm, wherein the spacer is provided with the third combustion holes of at least two different pore diameters, and wherein the third combustion holes of different pore diameters are in a staggered arrangement relative to one another.

8. The gas premix burner according to claim 6 , wherein a total area of the main combustion holes is A 1 , a total area of the auxiliary combustion holes is A 2 , an area of the third combustion holes is A 3 , an area of the burner substrate is A, and porosity is K=(A 1 +A 2 +A 3 )/A, and wherein the numerical value of K is larger than 5%.

9. The gas premix burner according to claim 2 , wherein the substrate combustion surface of the burner substrate is one of a flat face and a curved face.

10. The gas premix burner according to any one of claims 1 , wherein both of the main combustion hole and the auxiliary combustion hole are formed by processing the burner substrate.

11. The gas premix burner according to claim 10 , wherein both of the main combustion hole and the auxiliary combustion hole are formed by punching the burner substrate, and the auxiliary combustion hole is a crack formed by the punching.

12. The gas premix burner according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of at least one of the main combustion hole and the auxiliary combustion hole is selected from a long strip shape, a circular shape, a polygon shape, and an irregular shape.

13. The gas premix burner according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the main combustion hole and the auxiliary combustion hole is a long strip shaped hole having a width less than or equal to 3 mm.

14. The gas premix burner according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the burner substrate is aluminum or stainless steel.

15. A gas water heater comprising:
a gas premix chamber; and
a gas premix burner connected with the gas premix chamber, the gas premix chamber being disposed upstream of a combustion direction of the gas premix burner, such that gas and air can be burned by the gas premix burner after being mixed in the gas premix chamber, the gas premix burner including
a burner substrate,
a main combustion hole provided on the burner substrate, and
an auxiliary combustion hole disposed downstream the main combustion hole along the combustion direction on the burner substrate, the auxiliary combustion hole oriented toward the main combustion hole or a main flame formed by the main combustion hole,

wherein an auxiliary flame of the auxiliary combustion hole intersects a main flame of the main combustion hole.

16. The gas water heater according to claim 15 , wherein a mixed gas distribution plate is installed in the gas premix chamber of the gas water heater, and wherein a vent hole is disposed on the mixed gas distribution plate, such that air and gas entering the premix chamber can pass through the vent hole and then be burned by the gas premix burner.

Assignees

• Smith Corp A O

Inventors

• Wei Ruihong
• Yang Jingzhan

Classifications

• F24H9/1836

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F23D14/02 Primary

  Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone · CPC title

• F23D2209/20

  Flame lift-off / stability · CPC title

• F23D14/14

  using screens or perforated plates · CPC title

• F23D11/406

  Flame stabilising means, e.g. flame holders · CPC title