Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
122448100 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF FLUID FUEL AND WATER | 11 |
20090139468 | CONTROL OF A RECOVERY BOILER OR ALIKE - Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, the sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces, based on the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation, such as burning of the char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces, is controlled with help of the image, wherein the sensors are arranged to produce sensor signals for 3D (three-dimensional) imaging, wherein the sensor signals are conducted to the image processing unit for forming a 3D image, such as an image of the bed and/or the char and/or the chemicals, and/or its shape describing derivatives, and/or temperature chart of the bed surface, and wherein the image processing further comprises a filtering phase wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is filtered in order to avoid the thermal radiation emission of hot gases, liquids and/or particles in the furnace, wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is conducted to a filter unit filtering the signals/images to several relatively narrow bands (BAND | 06-04-2009 |
20110162593 | CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROLLER, AND BOILER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a control program, a controller, and a boiler system that are related to a boiler group including a plurality of boilers controlled in combustion at stepwise combustion positions. It is well suitable, in a control program for conducting control on a boiler system that includes a boiler group having a plurality of boilers which can be controlled in combustion quantity at stepwise combustion positions and in which at least one of the combustion positions is assumed to be a high-efficiency combustion position and that is configured to be controlled in combustion based on an increase/decrease in desired loads, that in the case of increasing a quantity of combustion in the boiler group, after a high-efficiency combustion shift signal that makes the shift to the high-efficiency combustion position is output to all of the boilers subject to high-efficiency control by which control is conducted on the basis of combustion at the high-efficiency combustion position, a control signal may be output that makes the shift to a higher combustion position than the high-efficiency combustion positions for any one of the high-efficiency control subject boilers. | 07-07-2011 |
20110303165 | HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - When a detection temperature by a hot-water tank thermister ( | 12-15-2011 |
20130186349 | REDUCTANT SUPPLY LINE HEATING SYSTEM - A system including a reductant tank, a receiver, a first valve, a reductant supply line, a plurality of sensors, and a controller is provided. The reductant tank is configured to store a reductant. The receiver is configured to receive a supply of the reductant from an off-board reservoir. The first valve is in communication with the reductant tank and is configured to control a reductant flow into the reductant tank. The reductant supply line is in fluid communication with the receiver and is configured to provide the reductant flow to the first valve. The plurality of sensors is configured to generate a signal. The controller is in communication with the plurality of sensors. The controller is configured to issue a command to a heating element to modulate a temperature of the reductant supply line based, at least in part, on the signal generated by the plurality of sensors. | 07-25-2013 |
20160025330 | STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STEAM - A steam generator apparatus for generating steam from a feedwater inlet stream including impurities is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tubing circuit in communication with an inlet for receiving the feedwater stream, the tubing circuit having a substantially unrifled bore defined by a metal wall, and a heat source operable to deliver a heat flux to the feedwater stream through the metal wall of the tubing circuit, the heat flux being operable to cause evaporation of feedwater within the tubing circuit and to produce an outlet stream at an outlet of the tubing circuit, the outlet stream includes a steam portion and liquid phase portion, the steam portion being greater than about 80% of the outlet stream by mass, the steam portion providing sufficient cooling of the metal wall to maintain a wall temperature at less than a threshold temperature associated with safe operation of the steam generator apparatus. | 01-28-2016 |
122448300 | Multiple boiler regulation | 5 |
20100006042 | OPTIMIZING MULTIPLE BOILER PLANT SYSTEMS WITH MIXED CONDENSING AND NON-CONDENSING BOILERS - A system is provided to optimize multiple boiler plant systems having mixed condensing and non-condensing boiler groups. The system advantageously employs the independent groups of boilers depending on preset conditions under control of a system control unit. The preset conditions are checked against operating conditions of the boiler plant, and a system control unit controls which of the groups of boilers is the lead and which is secondary. In some instances, both groups of boilers may be utilized under heavy load. Further, effective switching between groups and within groups is also provided to minimize unnecessary repetitive boiler operation. | 01-14-2010 |
20120006285 | CONTROLLER AND BOILER SYSTEM - A controller includes a program for controlling a group of boilers having boilers with a plurality of staged combustion positions. The program is arranged to control the boilers and the combustion positions such that a total load following evaporation amount obtained by summing up load following evaporation amounts of the respective boilers comprising the group of boilers becomes equal to or more than a setup load following evaporation amount which is an evaporation amount that the group of boilers is to follow. | 01-12-2012 |
20120204816 | Control System For Modulating Water Heater - A control system is provided for a modulated heating system including a plurality of modulating water heaters, which may be modulating boilers. A deadband control scheme provides for reduced cycling of the modulating heater when total system heat demand falls between the maximum output of one heater and the sum of the maximum output of that one point and the minimum firing point of the next subsequent heater. | 08-16-2012 |
20160116185 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CASCADE BOILER SYSTEM - Provided is a method for controlling a cascade boiler system, and the method includes a) operating the number of boilers set in an initial operation state, b) detecting a supply water temperature and a returned water temperature of the primary side of the hydro-separator and a supply water temperature and a returned water temperature of the secondary side, and calculating a flow rate corrected by the hydro-separator using the detected temperatures, c) calculating a set temperature serving as the supply water temperature of the primary side that is able to maintain the supply water temperature of the secondary side when the supply water temperature of the secondary side is within a set range of a target temperature while maintaining the initial operation state, and d) calculating the number of boilers that are able to maintain the calculated set temperature, and controlling an operation of the boilers according to the number. | 04-28-2016 |
20160201895 | BOILER SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
122448400 | Once through | 1 |
20130145998 | WATER RESERVOIR FOR A STEAM GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a system comprising an evaporator; a water reservoir in fluid communication with the evaporator; the water reservoir being located upstream of the evaporator; and a first steam drum in fluid communication with the evaporator; the first steam drum being located downstream of the evaporator; where the water reservoir is operative to supply feedwater to the evaporator while maintaining a predetermined water level in the first steam drum. | 06-13-2013 |