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Working principle of the appliance

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2.3The appliance's heating cycle

2.4Protection for the appliance

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The appliance is equipped with a gas/air premix burner (17). The air is drawn in through the fan (18). The gas is supplied via the gas control (16) on the intake side of the fan. The gas/air mixture is then blown into the burner. The modulated supply of gas and air ensures that the optimum gas/air mixture is always achieved.

In this appliance the cold water enters the bottom of the tank via the cold water inlet (14). Once heated by the combustion chamber (8) and heat exchanger (11), the hot tapwater leaves the tank through the hot water outlet (2). Once the appliance is completely filled with water, it remains constantly under water supply pressure. As hot water is drawn from the appliance, it is immediately replenished with cold water.

The air required for combustion is forced into the burner (17) by the fan (18).

The gas is fed to the burner via the gas valve (16). Thanks to the modulated supply of gas and air, the optimum gas/air mixture is always achieved. The special construction of the burner causes the mixture to form a vortex (the cyclone effect), before it becomes ignited. This vorticity improves the ignition on the hot surface igniter (20), as well as ensuring optimum combustion efficiency. Through the special design of the heat exchanger (11), the flue gases are first led downwards via the combustion chamber, then upwards again via the heat exchanger, then once more downwards beside the water in the tank. In this process, the flue gases gradually become cooler. Because the cooled flue gases flow alongside the cold water lower down in the tank, they start to condense. This condensation causes latent heat energy to be released, which is transferred to the cooler water, thereby increasing the energy performance of the unit. The condensate yielded by this process is discharged via the siphon (23).

The insulation layer (24) prevents heat from escaping. The inside of the tank is enamelled to protect against corrosion. The anodes (9) provide extra protection against corrosion.

For use during maintenance, the appliance has an inspection and cleaning opening (12).

<The entire appliance is controlled (and monitored) by the ThermoControl (electronic controller).The water temperature is measured by temperature sensors T1 (7) in the top of the tank (10) and T2 (13) at the bottom of the tank. These temperatures are sent to the electronic controller. Based on these two observations, the electronic controller calculates a net water temperature: Tnet. The value of Tnet lies between the temperatures at the top and bottom of the tank. As soon as Tnet falls below the set water temperature (Tset), the electronic controller registers a "heat demand". The gas control (16) is opened, and the gas is mixed with air. This mixture is ignited by the hot surface igniter (20) and the water becomes heated. As soon as Tnet rises above Tset the heat demand ends, and the electronic controller stops the heating cycle.

The electronic controller assumes a certain margin both when registering and ending heat demand. We refer to this margin as the hysteresis (12.2 "Setting the hysteresis").

Introduction

The electronic controller monitors the water temperature and ensures safe combustion. This is achieved by:

•the Water temperature protection;

•theGas valve;

•the Fan;

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BFC - 80, BFC -100 specifications

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