A fluid mixer configured to stably supply a mixed fluid having a desired mixing ratio, and which can be reduced in size. This fluid mixer includes a Venturi tube having a constriction section at which the flow path area is reduced, the Venturi tube having formed therein a first inflow opening and a second inflow opening through which a second fluid flows into a low-pressure region produced due to an increase in fluid velocity when a first fluid passes through the constriction section. A valve body that is disposed within the Venturi tube, the valve body closing due to the pressure of the first fluid passing through the Venturi tube and changing the flow path area of the Venturi tube, blocking off the first inflow opening when closed, and opening the first inflow opening when opened; and a biasing part (elastic body) applying a biasing force in the valve closing direction of the valve body.

A gas burner assembly and a method of operating the same are provided. The gas burner assembly includes an air pump that supplies a flow of air into a boost fuel chamber for mixing with a flow of boost fuel before being combusted and directed through a plurality of boost flame ports. A temperature sensor is positioned proximate the air pump and a controller regulates the power supplied to the air pump to compensate for air pump operating characteristics based on the measured temperature. A pressure sensor may also detect a low pressure condition downstream of the air pump and shut down the fuel and air supply system accordingly.

An injet for a gas burner includes a first gas orifice and a second gas orifice. An injet body defines an air passage and a gas passage. The first and second gas orifices are mounted to the injet body. A pneumatically actuated gas valve blocks a flow of gaseous fuel through the gas passage to the second gas orifice in a closed configuration. The pneumatically actuated gas valve is configured to adjust from the closed configuration to an open configuration in response to a flow of air through the air passage. A flow restriction body is disposed upstream of the pneumatically actuated gas valve. The flow restriction body defines a through hole via which air is flowable to pneumatically actuated gas valve.

Described is a device for controlling a fuel-oxidizer mixture for a premix gas burner, comprising an intake duct, which defines a cross section for the passage of a fluid inside the duct and includes an inlet, a mixing zone and an outlet, an injection duct, connected to the intake duct in the mixing zone, a monitoring device, configured for generating a control signal, representing a combustion state in the burner, a gas regulating valve, positioned along the injection duct, a fan, positioned in the intake duct for generating therein an operating flow in an inflow direction, a control unit, configured to control the rotation speed of the fan, a regulator, coupled with the intake duct for varying the cross section. The control unit is configured for controlling the gas regulating valve in real time.

A gas burner assembly is provided which includes an air pump that supplies a flow of air into a boost fuel chamber for mixing with a flow of boost fuel before being combusted and directed through a plurality of boost flame ports. An accumulator is positioned between the air pump and the boost burner such that the flow of air passes though the accumulator, thereby dampening pulsations or surges from the air pump before entering the boost fuel chamber.

A gas burner assembly for a cooktop appliance includes a normally aspirated primary burner and a concentrically-positioned forced air boost burner. A dual-outlet solenoid valve receives fuel from a fuel source and selectively directs the fuel to a first solenoid outlet in fluid communication with the primary burner and a second solenoid outlet in fluid communication with the boost burner. The solenoid valve is positionable in a first position where the first solenoid outlet is substantially open and the second solenoid outlet is substantially closed and a second position where the first solenoid outlet is partially open and the second solenoid outlet is substantially open.

A control device of a hydrogen gas burner device sets a target flow rate of a hydrogen gas such that a flow rate of the hydrogen gas decreases as a temperature of the hydrogen gas becomes higher, based on the temperature of the hydrogen gas and a needed quantity of heat of the hydrogen gas during the combustion, sets a target flow speed such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas released from a combustion nozzle via a flow speed regulator becomes a flow speed based on the target flow rate and the flow speed of the hydrogen gas increases as a value of the target flow rate decreases, controls the flow rate regulator such that the flow rate of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow rate, and controls the flow speed regulator such that the flow speed of the hydrogen gas reaches the target flow speed.

A gas burner assembly and a method of operating the same are provided. The gas burner assembly includes fuel regulating device for providing a flow of fuel and an air pump for providing a flow of air to a boost burner for combustion. The method includes stopping the flow of fuel using the fuel regulating device and ramping down the operation of the air pump to slowly stop the flow of air. For example, the flow rate of the flow of air may decrease linearly over a predetermined time period to ensure a lean fuel/air mixture is not provided to the boost burner which may result in undesirable flame characteristics.

A horizontally-fired burner system includes, in a combustion volume, a distal flame holder, the distal flame holder including a plurality of columns each formed from a respective plurality of refractory tiles, and a fuel and combustion air source configured to output a flammable fuel and air mixture toward the distal flame holder. The distal flame holder is configured to hold a combustion reaction adjacent to each of the plurality of columns.

Sensing of gas species characteristics within a process chamber includes selectively projecting a beam of a first select lasing frequency therethough. The beam is optically coupled to a detector to detect a process transmission spectrum having an absorption dip at a select lasing frequency caused by a gas species characteristic. The beam is selectively projected through a fiber Bragg grating which is formed in an optical fiber core to partially reflect at least a portion of the beam of the first select lasing frequency while passing a remainder of the beam. The remainder of the beam has an FBG transmission spectrum mimicking the absorption dip at or near the select lasing frequency caused by a gas species characteristic of interest. It is optically coupled the detector. Outputs of the detector are monitored to compare the FBG transmission spectrum to any process transmission spectrum produced in the process chamber.