Application of Intermittent Ignition Devices to Commercial Cooking Equipment

摘要

This report describes the work conducted in attempts to coordinate efforts of manufacturers of commercial cooking equipment in the investigation of residential noncontinuous pilot ignition devices for possible application to commercial cooking equipment. The term Intermittent Ignition Device (or IID) is used as an incluse term and not as the true identifier of a particular type of ignition device. Included is the description of experimental laboratory studies to determine which noncontinuous pilot ignition devices could best function in a simulated commercial kitchen environment. Results of the laboratory tests indicate that there are no known ignition devices currently on the market which will satisfy the broad range of requirements for all types of commercial cooking equipment. It was also determined that due to the harsh environmental requirements, manufacturers of electric ignition devices were not readily stimulated to begin a research program aimed at the development of an ignition device which would satisfy the necessary requirements.