(19)
(11) EP 1 108 956 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/25

(21) Application number: 00123642.1

(22) Date of filing: 30.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F23N 5/08, F23N 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 13.12.1999 IT MI992580

(71) Applicant: IMIT S.p.A.
I-28053 Castelletto Ticino (Novara) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Zucco, Mario
    28053 Castelleto Ticino (Novara) (IT)

(74) Representative: Lecce, Giovanni 
UFFICIO BREVETTI CALCIATI S.r.l. Via Fratelli Ruffini, 9
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Device for combustion control


(57) A device for combustion control, especially for gas-fed boiler burners, comprises at least an optical sensor (10) constituted of one or more photodetectors, oriented in the direction of one or more defined zones of flame (12) of a boiler (14), whose electric signals supplied at the outlet are acquired by a card for a data elaboration system (16) based on neural networks and fuzzy logic, said system interacting with the electronic card (18) for the control of said boiler (14).






Search report