Heating systems – Automatic control – Water
Patent
1989-05-08
1991-12-17
Bennet, Henry A.
Heating systems
Automatic control
Water
236 91F, F24D 300
Patent
active
050728792
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for controlling operation of a heating system (particularly a central heating system) including a boiler directly heating and passing water to a pipe network proide for sensing the temperature of the pipe network at a position therein remote from the boiler and controlling operation of the boiler in accordance with that sensed temperature. The apparatus includes switch means (operational amplifiers or comparators)--responsive to a voltage output by a device including a transducer sensing the temperature of the pipe network and--operable to allow the boiler to fire until the sensed temperature reaches a first level and then prevent the boiler firing until the sensed temperature falls below a second level less than the first. The two temperature levels may be varied, and the second level may be varied in dependence upon an ambient temperature remote from an area being heated. An SCR is provided controlling operation of a relay in the power supply to a fuel control valve for the boiler--the SCR being controlled in response to the difference between the voltage output of the temperature sensor and a reference voltage. Operation of the relay may be further controlled by a transistor itself controlled in response to the difference between the voltage output of the temperature sensor and a reference voltage. The apparatus may include an LED illuminated when the boiler is disabled so as to provide an indication thereof. Temperature sensing may be effected by a thermistor or a transducer which passes a current proportional to the temperature thereof and which is connected in series with resistor.
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