Patent ID: 6752621
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F23N,F24C

Abstract:
A method for setting the performance of a gas-operated cooking device by setting a complete combustion of a fuel gas/air mixture supplied to a gas burner of a cooking device, said method comprising the steps of determining a calorific output from a gas burner and an air ratio required for a complete combustion; setting an air quantity supplied to the gas burner dependent on the identified calorific output and the identified air ratio; and setting a specific air ratio via a setting of the combustion gas quantity supplied to the gas burner given a constant feed of the air quantity that has been set, so that the composition of the combustion gas/air mixture lies below a lower ignition limit at the beginning of a first ignition attempt of the mixture, then increasing the quantity of the delivered combustion gas and attempting ignition, and continuing the steps of increasing the quantity and attempting ignition until an ignition point is reached, to acquire the combustion gas/air mixture necessary for combustion, the calorific value of the combustion gas is obtained from the acquired supplied quantity of the combustion gas, and setting the combustion gas quantity needed for a complete combustion to obtain the calorific value.