Patent ID: 8550018

Claim:
A stirring control method for a combustion apparatus, the combustion apparatus including a furnace for burning fuel material, and a stirring member rotatably disposed in the furnace for stirring the fuel material in the furnace and ash resulting from burning of the fuel material in the furnace, the stirring control method utilizing a stirring control device and comprising: (A) configuring the stirring control device to control rotation of the stirring member at an initial rotational speed; (B) configuring the stirring control device to determine whether a height of the fuel material in the furnace reaches an upper detection range; (C) configuring the stirring control device to generate a first indication when the height of the fuel material in the furnace reaches the upper detection range; (D) configuring the stirring control device to determine whether the height of the fuel material in the furnace reaches a lower detection range when the height of the fuel material in the furnace does not reach the upper detection range; and (E) configuring the stirring control device to control rotation of the stirring member at a first rotational speed higher than the initial rotational speed when the height of the fuel material in the furnace reaches the lower detection range.