Adaptive microprocessor control system and method for providing high and low heating modes in a furnace
First Claim
1. A method for providing a low fire mode and a high fire mode of a heating cycle in a current cycle of a furnace as a function of the previous heating cycle wherein the current heating cycle is a function exclusively of time run in the low fire mode and time run in the high fire mode of said previous heating cycle, comprising the steps of:
- determining an existence of a heating load to be satisfied;
running burners in said low fire mode for a first time interval that does not exceed a predetermined limit, Ldes ;
running the burners in said high fire mode for a second time interval until the heating load is satisfied;
calculating a Btu load requirement, as a function of said first time interval and said second time interval; and
predetermining the low fire mode time limit, Ldes, for a next cycle from the calculated Btu load requirement.
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Abstract
A method for providing a low fire mode and a high fire mode of a heating cycle in a current cycle of a furnace as a function of the previous heating cycle wherein the current heating cycle is a function exclusively of time run in low fire mode and time run in high fire mode of the previous heating cycle, comprising the steps of: (1) determining the existence of a heating load to be satisfied; (2) running burners in low fire mode for a first time interval that does not exceed a predetermined limit, Ldes ; (3) running the burners in high fire mode for a second time interval until the heating load is satisfied; (4) calculating a BtU load requirement, as a function of the first time interval and the second time interval; and (5) determining the desired low fire mode time limit, Ldes, for the next cycle from the calculated BtU load requirement.
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1. A method for providing a low fire mode and a high fire mode of a heating cycle in a current cycle of a furnace as a function of the previous heating cycle wherein the current heating cycle is a function exclusively of time run in the low fire mode and time run in the high fire mode of said previous heating cycle, comprising the steps of:
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determining an existence of a heating load to be satisfied; running burners in said low fire mode for a first time interval that does not exceed a predetermined limit, Ldes ; running the burners in said high fire mode for a second time interval until the heating load is satisfied; calculating a Btu load requirement, as a function of said first time interval and said second time interval; and predetermining the low fire mode time limit, Ldes, for a next cycle from the calculated Btu load requirement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing a low fire mode and a high fire mode of a heating cycle in a furnace as a function of previous heating cycles comprising the steps of:
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determining the existence of a heating load to be satisfied; running burners in the high fire mode only for at least two cycles; determining from the heating load of at least two previous cycles, whether the burners should be run in low fire mode for each subsequent cycle; and running the burners in low fire mode if it is determined that said burners should run in low fire mode. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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