Patent ID: 11953201
Assignee: CLEARSIGN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 37:
38. A computer method for operating a burner system having at least one distal flame holder and at least one continuous pilot apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a heat demand datum via a hardware digital interface operatively coupled to a network;
comparing, using a logic device, the heat demand datum with previously received heat demand data stored in a computer-readable non-transitory memory;
determining, with the logic device and the computer-readable non-transitory memory, as a function of the heat demand datum, a heating setting from among a plurality of heating settings of the burner system;
responsive to an increase in the heat demand datum compared to previously received heat demand data, driving the burner system to place the continuous pilot apparatus into a high heat output setting, of the plurality of heating settings, for a preheat duration sufficient to raise the distal flame holder to a temperature corresponding to a normal main fuel operating state; and
after the temperature corresponding to the normal main fuel operating state has been reached, changing the heating setting to a normal main fuel operating setting by ramping down the at least one continuous pilot apparatus heat output while ramping up a main fuel flow through one or more main fuel nozzles aligned to output a main fuel for entrainment in combustion air, and for entrance to an input face of at least one tile of the distal flame holder.