Hydrogen gas burner device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10746404-B2
Application number	US-201815889725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	Feb 8, 2017
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A control device of a hydrogen gas burner device sets a target flow rate of a hydrogen gas such that a flow rate of the hydrogen gas decreases as a temperature of the hydrogen gas becomes higher, based on the temperature of the hydrogen gas and a needed quantity of heat of the hydrogen gas during the combustion, sets a target flow speed such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas released from a combustion nozzle via a flow speed regulator becomes a flow speed based on the target flow rate and the flow speed of the hydrogen gas increases as a value of the target flow rate decreases, controls the flow rate regulator such that the flow rate of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow rate, and controls the flow speed regulator such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow speed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydrogen gas burner device comprising:
a combustion nozzle to which hydrogen gas and combustion-supporting gas containing oxygen gas are supplied, the combustion nozzle being configured to combust the hydrogen gas;
a gas heater disposed upstream of the combustion nozzle, the gas heater being configured to heat at least the hydrogen gas;
a flow rate regulator configured to regulate a flow rate of the hydrogen gas to be heated by the gas heater and supplied to the combustion nozzle;
a flow speed regulator disposed downstream of the flow rate regulator, the flow speed regulator being configured to regulate a flow speed of the hydrogen gas released from the combustion nozzle; and
a control device configured to control the flow rate regulator and the flow speed regulator, wherein:
the control device is configured to set a target flow rate of the hydrogen gas such that the flow rate of the hydrogen gas passing through the flow rate regulator decreases as a temperature of the hydrogen gas becomes higher, based on the temperature of the hydrogen gas heated by the gas heater, and a needed quantity of heat of the hydrogen gas needed for the hydrogen gas burner device during the combustion;
the control device is configured to set a target flow speed such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas released from the combustion nozzle via the flow speed regulator becomes a flow speed based on the target flow rate, and the flow speed of the hydrogen gas increases as a value of the target flow rate decreases; and
the control device is configured to control the flow rate regulator such that the flow rate of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow rate and to control the flow speed regulator such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow speed.

2. The hydrogen gas burner device according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature regulator configured to regulate the flow rate of the hydrogen gas to be heated by the gas heater so as to regulate the temperature of the hydrogen gas to be heated,
wherein the control device is configured to control the temperature regulator so as to limit an upper limit temperature of the hydrogen gas to be heated by the gas heater.

3. The hydrogen gas burner device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the gas heater is configured to heat the hydrogen gas and the combustion-supporting gas; and
the control device is configured to correct the set target flow speed based on a temperature of the combustion-supporting gas.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mimura Kenshiro

Classifications

• F23D14/66

  Preheating the combustion air or gas · CPC title

• F23N5/143

  using electronic means · CPC title

• F23C2900/9901

  Combustion process using hydrogen, hydrogen peroxide water or brown gas as fuel · CPC title

• F23K5/007

  Details · CPC title

• F23K2400/201

  Control devices · CPC title