EP2324291A2 - Système de sécurité dans une installation de combustion et procédé de fonctionnement de celle-ci - Google Patents

Système de sécurité dans une installation de combustion et procédé de fonctionnement de celle-ci

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EP2324291A2
EP2324291A2 EP09781748A EP09781748A EP2324291A2 EP 2324291 A2 EP2324291 A2 EP 2324291A2 EP 09781748 A EP09781748 A EP 09781748A EP 09781748 A EP09781748 A EP 09781748A EP 2324291 A2 EP2324291 A2 EP 2324291A2
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mass flow
microprocessor
communication
flow sensor
fan
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Manfred Seebauer
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Ebm Papst Landshut GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N3/00—Regulating air supply or draught
    • F23N3/08—Regulating air supply or draught by power-assisted systems
    • F23N3/082—Regulating air supply or draught by power-assisted systems using electronic means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/18—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air or fuel
    • F23N5/184—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air or fuel using electronic means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/24—Preventing development of abnormal or undesired conditions, i.e. safety arrangements
    • F23N5/242—Preventing development of abnormal or undesired conditions, i.e. safety arrangements using electronic means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/18—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air or fuel
    • F23N2005/181—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air or fuel using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2231/00—Fail safe
    • F23N2231/10—Fail safe for component failures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2233/00—Ventilators
    • F23N2233/06—Ventilators at the air intake
    • F23N2233/08—Ventilators at the air intake with variable speed

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  • the invention relates to a system for safe operation of a mass flow sensor in an incinerator with a gas supply, an air supply, a fan with electric motor, a burner and a communication microprocessor. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for safe operation of an incinerator comprising a gas supply, an air supply, a fan with electric motor, a burner, an automatic burner control for controlling the operation and a mass flow sensor for measuring the air mass flow.
  • the use of mass flow sensors in the field of incinerators is known from the prior art, for example from DE 10 2004 055 715 or DE 10 2004 055 716.
  • This air mass flow sensors are used in an electronic composite or a system with constant lambda for premixing gas heaters, in which the combustible gas-air mixture is generated in front of the fan and conveyed by the fan.
  • the mass flow sensors are safety-relevant for the above-mentioned system and must therefore be kept in a defined safe state. The safety depends on the occurrence of fault conditions and is classified in classes according to ENV 14459: 2002. Mass flow sensors for gas heaters have to comply with class C here.
  • the safety of sensors can be achieved by a redundant design. It is disadvantageous that at least two sensors are provided for a measured variable, which results in considerable costs, in particular in the area of large-scale productions. It is therefore more economical to provide only one sensor and to ensure the necessary safety by monitoring the sensor.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a system architecture for a cost-effective connection of a safe mass flow sensor to an automatic burner control.
  • the system according to the invention for safe operation of a mass flow sensor in an incinerator is characterized in that the at least one mass flow sensor comprises at least one microprocessor also serving for safety communication, the communication microprocessor communicates with the at least one microprocessor of the mass flow sensor, wherein the safety communication is safety relevant. te queries the mass flow sensor includes to secure the mass flow sensor.
  • the microprocessor of the mass flow sensor is also provided "for safety communication" according to claim 1. This means that the microprocessor in addition to its known in this field of technology tasks (measuring the mass flow and communicating the measured value of a control device) additionally a safety communication done to secure the mass flow sensor.
  • the mass flow sensor of the present invention is an air mass flow sensor used to detect the air mass supplied to the combustor.
  • the mass flow sensor may include a microprocessor for calculating the air mass, which may also communicate with the communication microprocessor.
  • the system according to the invention can have a connection to an automatic burner control.
  • the automatic burner control contain a microprocessor, which corresponds to the communications microprocessor in one possible embodiment simultaneously.
  • the communication micro processor is disposed in the immediate vicinity of the air mass flow sensor, a particularly advantageous solution being the provision of the communication micro processor on the fan, in particular on the motor of the fan.
  • the communication microprocessor may further comprise a safety kernel, by means of which the safety-related communication is ensured.
  • the air mass flow sensor is formed with the fan and the communication microprocessor as a unit with the automatic burner control can be connected via a digital interface.
  • the digital interface is used for safety-relevant safety communication between the air mass flow sensor, fan and communication micro-processor unit and the automatic burner control unit.
  • the fan may include at least one microprocessor, such as a microprocessor controller, which commutes the fan drive motor.
  • the at least one microprocessor of the at least one air mass flow sensor and the communication microprocessor can have a digital connection.
  • the at least one air mass flow sensor with the fan and the firing automat comprising the communication microprocessor can be designed as a structural unit.
  • the security-relevant safety communication via the digital interface comprises the transmission of safety-relevant signals, which can preferably take place regularly at defined time intervals or continuously as queries. Queries include, for example, plausibility checks, e.g. as computing tasks such as a comparison of memory contents or the like can be performed.
  • a method is provided by the invention, with a safe operation of a combustion system, in particular a gas burner, with a gas supply, an air supply, a fan with electric motor, a burner and a burner control for controlling or regulating the operation, wherein at least in the air supply at least one mass flow sensor is arranged to measure the air mass flow is ensured.
  • the method is characterized in that the air mass flow sensor in addition to the air mass flow signal in response to interrogation signals or continuously provides safety-relevant signals. It is particularly favorable that the Interrogation signals are output from a communications microprocessor and the security signals can be processed by the communications microprocessor.
  • the communication microprocessor may be integrated in the firing automat. Furthermore, the above-described advantageous embodiments with regard to the system architecture are fully applicable to the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 a shows a first schematic representation of an embodiment of the invention with a separate automatic burner control
  • Figure 1 b is a second schematic representation of an embodiment of the invention with separate automatic burner.
  • Fig. 1a the system for safe operation of a mass flow sensor in an incinerator according to a first embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the mass flow sensor which is preferably designed as an air mass flow sensor, forms with the fan, which is operated via an electric motor, and the communication microprocessor, a structural unit which can be connected via a digital interface to a separately arranged firing automat. Assembly within the meaning of the invention means different components that can be connected only with cables.
  • the current sensor comprises a microprocessor ⁇ Psensor serving for safety communication, which can communicate with a communications microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommun ⁇ kat ⁇ on belonging to the assembly. Furthermore, the microprocessor ⁇ Psensor of the air mass flow sensor is used to detect and calculate the current air mass flow.
  • the detected value is via a Steuerungsc. Control communication to the microprocessor of the fan ⁇ PR ⁇ g ier transmitted to control or regulate the speed of the fan via the commutation.
  • the communication microprocessor is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the air mass flow sensor. However, it is also possible to arrange it directly on the fan, in particular on the motor of the fan (see FIG. 2).
  • the fan has, in addition to the microprocessor ⁇ PR ⁇ g ier a commutation, which itself can optionally be equipped with its own microprocessor.
  • the microprocessor ⁇ PRegier is connected to the communication microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommumkat ⁇ on in conjunction, being commutated by the microprocessor ⁇ PR ⁇ g ier and the commutation of the drive motor of the fan.
  • the communication microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommun ⁇ kat ⁇ on includes a safety kernel to represent both the security-relevant communication with the burner control and to ensure by certain regular queries (security communication) the safety of the air mass flow sensor.
  • the communication microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommun ⁇ kat ⁇ on communicates with the microprocessor of the air mass flow sensor ⁇ Psensor via a digital interface so that safety-relevant queries are passed to the mass flow sensor, thus ensuring a safe instance of the mass flow sensor, without providing redundant to have to.
  • the safety-related queries are carried out regularly at defined time intervals or continuously and include the transmission of safety-relevant signals, whereby, for example, test tasks, plausibility checks or other tests of the functionality of the mass flow sensor known in the art are carried out. lead.
  • the separately arranged to the unit firing is safe and includes a microprocessor ⁇ PFA, which communicates via the digital interface with the unit.
  • the automatic burner control corresponds to the area of safety-related processing of the signals supplied by the air mass flow sensor and fan.
  • a communication of the communication microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommun ⁇ kat ⁇ on is provided both between the microprocessor of the mass flow sensor ⁇ Psensor and the microprocessor of the automatic burner uP F A.
  • Fig. 1 b a second embodiment of the system according to the invention according to Fig. 1 a is shown, wherein the communication microprocessor is arranged directly on the fan and the mass flow sensor at least in the immediate vicinity of the fan.
  • the communication microprocessor is arranged directly on the fan and the mass flow sensor at least in the immediate vicinity of the fan.
  • the air mass flow sensor with the fan and the burner control unit are designed as a structural unit.
  • the unit forms a delineation of the safety relevance of the mass flow signal which also includes the burner control.
  • the communication microprocessor ⁇ P ⁇ ommun ⁇ kat ⁇ on is in this case integrated in the burner control, so that in the embodiment of FIG. 1 a and 1 b required additional microprocessor can be saved.
  • the safety-relevant communication takes place within the unit.
  • the fan can have a microprocessor ⁇ PR ⁇ g ier and a commutation with optional own microprocessor, by means of which the commutation of the fan regulated and thus the required air mass for the gas heater.
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b of the system for safe operation of the mass flow sensor are intended for incinerators in which the automatic burner control unit is present as a separate component, for example from different manufacturers, whereby the system can be incorporated for safe operation according to the invention.
  • any, equipped with a microprocessor Feuerungsautomaten be equipped with a unit of FIG. 1 a and 1 b to create a secure mass flow sensor.
  • 2 embodiment of the invention is an integrated solution in which the system or assembly mass flow sensor, fan and automatic burner can be provided from a single source, dispensing with an additional communication microprocessor in the immediate vicinity of the air mass flow sensor or the fan can be because the microprocessor of the automatic burner can take over the task in addition, which in turn saves money.

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Regulation And Control Of Combustion (AREA)
  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)
  • Feeding And Controlling Fuel (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un système et un procédé pour le fonctionnement sûr d'un capteur de débit massique dans une installation de combustion, avec une arrivée de gaz, une arrivée d'air, un ventilateur avec moteur électrique, un brûleur et un microprocesseur de communication. Le capteur de débit massique possède un microprocesseur destiné à la communication. Le microprocesseur de communication communique avec le microprocesseur du capteur de débit massique. La communication comprend une interrogation du capteur de débit massique intéressant la sécurité, afin de protéger le capteur de débit massique.
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