Evaporator burner for a mobile heating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759422-B2
Application number	US-201214363553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2012
Priority date	Jan 10, 2012
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

An evaporator burner for a mobile heating device is provided having a combustion chamber, an evaporator accommodation, and an evaporator element for evaporation of liquid fuel. The evaporator element is accommodated in the evaporator accommodation at the side facing the combustion chamber. At the side of the evaporator accommodation facing away from the combustion chamber, the evaporator burner comprises at least one combustion air guide element which is arranged such that a combustion air flow path extending at least along a portion of a base wall of the evaporator accommodation is formed between the combustion air guide element and the base wall of the evaporator accommodation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An evaporator burner for a mobile heating device, comprising
a combustion chamber, an evaporator accommodation, and an evaporator element for evaporation of liquid fuel,
wherein the evaporator element is accommodated in the evaporator accommodation at a side facing the combustion chamber,
wherein at a side of the evaporator accommodation facing away from the combustion chamber, the evaporator burner comprises at least one combustion air guide element which is arranged such that a combustion air flow path extending at least along a portion of a base wall of the evaporator accommodation is formed between the combustion air guide element and the base wall of the evaporator accommodation,
wherein the combustion air guide element and the evaporator accommodation are formed such that the combustion air flow path extends from a combustion air inlet, which is provided centrally above the base wall of the evaporator accommodation, at least partly radially outward along the base wall, wherein the combustion air flow path leads into a ring-shaped combustion air pre-chamber which is formed ring-shaped around the combustion chamber,
wherein the evaporator burner comprises flow guide elements in the combustion air flow path in the region between evaporator accommodation and combustion air guide element in such a manner that in operation a flow component in the circumferential direction is impressed onto the flowing combustion air, and
wherein the flow guide elements extend up to the evaporator accommodation across a slit formed between the evaporator accommodation and the combustion air guide element over the region of the base wall of the evaporator accommodation.

2. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein the combustion air guide element extends cup-like over the evaporator accommodation.

3. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein the combustion air guide element comprises, centrally above the base wall of the evaporator accommodation, a combustion air inlet for supply of combustion air into the combustion air flow path.

4. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein a contour of the combustion air guide element at the side facing the evaporator accommodation is formed corresponding to a contour of the evaporator accommodation at the side facing the combustion air guide element such that a slit, through which the combustion air flow path leads, is formed between the evaporator accommodation and the combustion air guide element.

5. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein the combustion air pre-chamber is separated from the combustion chamber by a combustion chamber wall which is formed circumferentially around the combustion chamber and in that the combustion chamber wall comprises combustion air through-openings for supply of combustion air from the combustion air pre-chamber into the combustion chamber.

6. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein the evaporator burner comprises flow guide elements in the region of the ring-shaped combustion air pre-chamber in such a manner that in operation a flow component in the circumferential direction is impressed onto the flowing combustion air.

7. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , being adapted such that in operation of the combustion chamber all combustion air is supplied via the combustion air flow path, which is formed between the combustion air guide element and the evaporator accommodation, and subsequently via a ring-shaped combustion air pre-chamber, which is formed ring-shaped around the combustion chamber.

8. The evaporator burner according to claim 1 , wherein the combustion air guide element comprises a combustion air inlet which leads into the combustion air flow path formed between evaporator accommodation and combustion air guide element, wherein a fuel supply pipe for supplying fuel to the evaporator element is accommodated in the combustion air inlet.

9. A vehicle heating device, comprising
an evaporator burner having combustion chamber, an evaporator accommodation, and an evaporator element for evaporation of liquid fuel,
wherein the evaporator element is accommodated in the evaporator accommodation at a side facing the combustion chamber,
wherein at a side of the evaporator accommodation facing away from the combustion chamber, the evaporator burner comprises at least one combustion air guide element which is arranged such that a combustion air flow path extending at least along a portion of a base wall of the evaporator accommodation is formed between the combustion air guide element and the base wall of the evaporator accommodation,
wherein the combustion air guide element and the evaporator accommodation are formed such that the combustion air flow path extends from a combustion air inlet, which is provided centrally above the base wall of the evaporator accommodation, at least partly radially outward along the base wall, wherein the combustion air flow path leads into a ring-shaped combustion air pre-chamber which is formed ring-shaped around the combustion chamber,
wherein the evaporator burner comprises flow guide elements in the combustion air flow path in the region between evaporator accommodation and combustion air guide element in such a manner that in operation a flow component in the circumferential direction is impressed onto the flowing combustion air, and
wherein the flow guide elements extend up to the evaporator accommodation across a slit formed between the evaporator accommodation and the combustion air guide element over the region of the base wall of the evaporator accommodation.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Jozinovic Darko
• Meier Bengt
• Winter Andreas
• Dell Vitali

Classifications

• F23D2900/05002

  Use of porous members to convert liquid fuel into vapor · CPC title

• F23D3/40

  the capillary action taking place in one or more rigid porous bodies · CPC title

• F23D5/18

  Preheating devices · CPC title

• B60H1/2203

  the heat being derived from burners · CPC title

• F23C7/04 Primary

  to obtain maximum heat transfer to wall of combustion chamber · CPC title