A heat source device including a sheet-metal burner body (30), a fan casing (40) connected to the burner body (30), an annular packing (90) connecting a burner-side connection end surface (340) with a fan-side connection end surface (410) in an airtight state, a sheet-metal connection part (80) disposed between the burner-side connection end surface (340) and the fan-side connection end surface (410), wherein the connection part has an opening (85) and a packing storage portion (84) storing the annular packing (90), wherein the opening (85) is provided in such a manner that an opening edge is positioned outside of those of an inlet port (35) and a blowout port (44) in a state where the connection part (80) is disposed between the burner-side connection end surface (340) and the fan-side connection end surface (410).

Apparatus for controlling the flow of air through an air inlet in a solid fuel burner comprises: a mechanical temperature sensor for sensing the temperature within the solid fuel burner, the sensor comprising first and second elongate parts having different coefficients of linear thermal expansion and arranged such that a first end of the first elongate part moves linearly relative to a first end of the second elongate part in response to a change in the sensed temperature; a movable valve member for controlling the flow of air through the air inlet; and a mechanism for coupling the first end of the first elongate part to the movable valve member so as to close or restrict the air inlet as the sensed temperature increases.

A radiant tube burner, wherein an opening cross section of the tube is virtually divided into four areas with two straight lines as boundaries, the two straight lines being obtained by tilting a minor axis of the oval, which is a shape of the opening cross section, by ±45° with a center of the oval as a center, and a flow rate of primary combustion air injected from primary combustion air nozzles located in the areas containing the minor axis of the oval of the virtually divided four areas is lower than a flow rate of the primary combustion air injected from the primary combustion air nozzles located in the areas not containing the minor axis of the oval the four areas.

A radiant tube burner, wherein an opening cross section of the tube is virtually divided into four areas with two straight lines as boundaries, the two straight lines being obtained by tilting a minor axis of the oval, which is a shape of the opening cross section, by ±45° with a center of the oval as a center, and a flow rate of primary combustion air injected from primary combustion air nozzles located in the areas containing the minor axis of the oval of the virtually divided four areas is lower than a flow rate of the primary combustion air injected from the primary combustion air nozzles located in the areas not containing the minor axis of the oval the four areas.

A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a controller coupled to the burner unit and the sensor. The controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to the characteristic from the sensor, determine, based on the first signal, a first feedback loop control, control combustion of the burner unit based on the first feedback loop control, determine, based on the first feedback loop control, a second feedback loop control, and control combustion of the burner unit based on the second feedback loop control.

A method for commissioning a biomass heating system for combusting fuel in the form of pellets and/or wood chips, the biomass heating system comprising a boiler with a combustion chamber, a blower and a control device with a memory and a display, the method comprising the following steps: Determining (S2) whether the biomass heating system is initialized for the first time, wherein if the biomass heating system is not initialized for the first time, the method is terminated, and if the biomass heating system is initialized for the first time, the method is continued with the following step: Setting a plurality of heat generation parameters (S5) comprising at least the following parameters: a boiler type parameter defining at least a working range of the blower; a material parameter defining the characteristics of the fuel(s) to be combusted.

A rotating grate for a biomass heating system is disclosed, the grate comprising: at least one rotating grate element; at least one bearing axle, by means of which the rotating grate element is rotatably mounted; at least one cleaning device attached to one of the rotating grate elements, wherein the cleaning device comprises a mass element movable relative to the rotating grate element; wherein the cleaning device is arranged in such a way that, upon rotation of the rotating grate element, an acceleration movement of the mass element is initiated so that the cleaning device exerts a knocking effect on the rotating grate element in order to clean the rotating grate element.

A rotating grate for a biomass heating system is disclosed, the grate comprising: at least one rotating grate element; at least one bearing axle, by means of which the rotating grate element is rotatably mounted; at least one cleaning device attached to one of the rotating grate elements, wherein the cleaning device comprises a mass element movable relative to the rotating grate element; wherein the cleaning device is arranged in such a way that, upon rotation of the rotating grate element, an acceleration movement of the mass element is initiated so that the cleaning device exerts a knocking effect on the rotating grate element in order to clean the rotating grate element.

Provided is a flare tip. The flare tip, according to one embodiment, includes a flare tip enclosure. The flare tip, according to this embodiment, additionally includes two or more flare tip arms extending from the flare tip enclosure, wherein the two are more flare tip arms are largely equidistance from one another, and two or more flare tip orifices located in each of the two or more flare tip arms.

Provided is a flare tip. The flare tip, according to one embodiment, includes a flare tip enclosure. The flare tip, according to this embodiment, additionally includes two or more flare tip arms extending from the flare tip enclosure, wherein the two are more flare tip arms are largely equidistance from one another, and two or more flare tip orifices located in each of the two or more flare tip arms.