PARAMETRICALLY OPTIMIZED FLAMELESS HEATER SYSTEM TO GENERATE HEAT

• US 20200132338A1
• Filed: 10/22/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anderson Industries, LLC
• Original Assignee: Anderson Industries, LLC
• Inventors: Ewert, Daniel, Springer, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 11,499,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/20 characterised by control inputs
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/204 Temperature of the air before heating
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/208 Temperature of the air after heating
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/238 Flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/242 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/254 Room temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/281 Input from user
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/31 of valves having only one inlet port and one outlet port, e.g. flow rate regulating valves
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/335 Control of pumps, e.g. on-off control control of compressors of heat pumps F24H15/38
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/35 Control of the speed of fans
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/355 Control of heat-generating means in heaters
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/414 using electronic processing, e.g. computer-based
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 15/45 remotely accessible
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 2240/06 Internal combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 3/025 using fluid fuel
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 3/0488 using fluid fuel
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 9/0073 Arrangement or mounting of means for forcing the circulation of air
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 9/142 Connecting hydraulic components
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 9/1854 for air heaters
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 9/2064 for air heaters
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 9/2085 : using fluid fuel

Abstract

The flameless heater system includes an energy source comprising a diesel engine configured to create volumes of air, a hydraulic system to control engine loading for heat generation and for air moving, and a control system, operatively coupled with the energy source and the hydraulic system to control at least one of a speed of the diesel engine, a loading of the diesel engine, or a fan speed.

Claims

1. A flameless heater system, comprising:

an energy source comprising a diesel engine configured to create volumes of air;

a hydraulic system to control engine loading for heat generation and for air moving; and

a control system, operatively coupled with the energy source and the hydraulic system to control at least one of a speed of the diesel engine, a loading of the diesel engine, or a fan speed.

2. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

a magnetic braking system comprising a magnet arm actuator and a pivoting magnet arm, the magnet arm actuator to position the pivoting magnet arm to exert a desired magnetic force on a rotating structure.

3. The flameless heater system of claim 2, wherein the rotating structure comprises rotating disks that are interleaved between magnets of the pivoting magnet arm.

4. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

a speed system comprising a variable speed hydraulic motor, the variable speed hydraulic motor to independently adjust a rotational speed of a rotating structure.

5. The flameless heater system of claim 1, wherein the hydraulic system further comprises:

one or more hydraulic pumps coupled to the diesel engine, the one or more hydraulic pumps to control a fuel burn rate of the flameless heater system.

6. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

an air system comprising a fan and a variable speed hydraulic fan motor, the fan to facilitate air moving within the flameless heater system and the variable speed hydraulic fan motor to control fan speed of the fan.

7. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

a temperature monitoring system to measure one or more of an air inlet temperature, a cabinet temperature, a fan inlet temperature, a discharge air temperature, or a remote probe temperature.

8. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

a heat transfer system, the heat transfer system to move a heated volume of air from the diesel.

9. The flameless heater system of claim 8, wherein the heat transfer system to move the heated volume of air from one or more of a heating system, an air system, the hydraulic system, a speed system, a braking system, a temperature system, the heat transfer system, or the control system.

10. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

a telematics system operatively coupled to the control system, the telematics system to transmit and receive parameters associated with the flameless heater system.

11. The flameless heater system of claim 1, further comprising:

an alternator to convert energy produced by the diesel engine into electricity.

12. The flameless heater system of claim 1, wherein the control system further comprises:

one or more air sensors operatively coupled to the control system, the one or more air sensors being configured to measure a velocity associated with the flameless heater system;

one or more hydraulic sensors operatively coupled to the control system, the one or more hydraulic sensors being configured to measure a velocity or a pressure associated with the flameless heater system;

one or more speed sensors operatively coupled to the control system, the one or more speed sensors being configured to measure a speed of a rotating structure associated with the flameless heater system;

one or more braking sensors operatively coupled to the control system, the one or more braking sensors being configured to measure an amount of engine loading associated with the flameless heater system; and

one or more temperature sensors operatively coupled to the control system, the one or more temperature sensors being configured to measure one or more temperatures associated with the flameless heater system.

13. The flameless heater system of claim 12, wherein the one or more air sensors detect a quality of air by measuring an amount of particulate matter in a particular volume of space.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device of a control system, one or more parameters associated with a flameless heater system;

identifying an adjustment to be made to the one or more parameters associated with the flameless heater system; and

adjusting at least one of a speed of an engine of the flameless heater system, a loading of the engine, or a fan speed of the flameless heater system, wherein the adjustments are independent of one another.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the control system, a temperature associated with the flameless heater system;

determining, by the control system, whether the temperature associated with the flameless heater system satisfies a temperature threshold; and

in response to determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold, adjusting an output from one or more of a heating system, an air system, a hydraulic system, a speed system, a braking system, a temperature system, or a heat transfer system.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the control system, a velocity associated with the flameless heater system;

determining, by the control system, whether the velocity associated with the flameless heater system satisfies a velocity threshold; and

in response to determining that the velocity satisfies the velocity threshold, adjusting an air output of an air system.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

adjusting the velocity of the air output over a range of static pressures to mitigate an effective cooling of an engine block.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the control system, an engine loading associated with the flameless heater system;

determining, by the control system, whether the engine loading associated with the flameless heater system satisfies a loading threshold; and

in response to determining that the engine loading satisfies the loading threshold, adjusting an output from one or more of a hydraulic system, a speed system, or a braking system.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein adjusting the output of the braking system comprises:

adjusting a magnet arm actuator and a pivoting magnet arm to exert a desired magnetic force on a rotating structure.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting, by the control system via a telematics system, one or more parameters associated with the flameless heater system to a client device;

receiving, from the client device, an adjustment to the one or more parameters associated with the flameless heater system; and

adjusting the one or more parameters associated with the flameless heater system based on the received adjustment.