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Self-control type glow plug

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Publication number
JPH07190360A
JPH07190360A JP34792793A JP34792793A JPH07190360A JP H07190360 A JPH07190360 A JP H07190360A JP 34792793 A JP34792793 A JP 34792793A JP 34792793 A JP34792793 A JP 34792793A JP H07190360 A JPH07190360 A JP H07190360A
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heating
heating wire
heat generating
self
glow plug
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Inventor
Hideo Kawamura
英男 河村
Hidenori Kita
英紀 北
Takemoto Hirai
岳根 平井
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Isuzu Ceramics Research Institute Co Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an over-heating of a heating member and improve a uniform heating and a rapid heating of the heating member. CONSTITUTION:A metallic heat generating wire 17 made of tungsten or tungsten alloy is enclosed within a sheath-like outer shell 31 made of minute silicon nitride together with ceramic based filling material. As a filling material acting as an inner shell 27a covering a surrounding part of a coil-like heat generating part 20a at the tip of the metallic heat generating wire 17, material having a smaller heat transmitting efficiency of the filling material acting as an inner shell 27 covering a circumference of other portions.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は液体燃料を用いるデイー
ゼル機関、燃焼器などにおける燃料の着火を助けるグロ
ープラグ、特にセラミツク材料を用いた自己制御型グロ
ープラグに関するものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glow plug for assisting ignition of fuel in a diesel engine using a liquid fuel, a combustor, etc., and more particularly to a self-regulating glow plug using a ceramic material.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】金属発熱線の発熱部への通電電力を制御
し、発熱部の過熱を防止する自己制御型のグロープラグ
として、金属発熱線よりも正の抵抗温度係数が大きな材
料からなる抵抗線を、金属発熱線と直列に接続したう
え、セラミツク材料からなる発熱体の内部へ埋め込ん
だ、いわゆるシース型の自己制御型グロープラグが既に
提案されている。
2. Description of the Related Art A self-controlled glow plug for controlling electric power supplied to a heating portion of a metal heating wire to prevent overheating of the heating portion is used as a resistor made of a material having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance higher than that of the metal heating wire. A so-called sheath type self-regulating glow plug in which a wire is connected in series with a metal heating wire and embedded inside a heating element made of a ceramic material has already been proposed.

【0003】上述の自己制御型グロープラグでは、金属
発熱線に抵抗温度係数が小さな材料を使用し、通電電力
を制御する抵抗線に抵抗温度係数が大きな材料を使用
し、モノリシツクなセラミツク材料の内部へ埋め込んだ
構造とするために、ホツトプレス法を採用している。し
かし、ホツトプレス法では金属発熱線が二次元形状に制
約されるので、発熱体の表面温度にバラツキが生じるだ
けでなく、速熱性にも問題がある。
In the above-mentioned self-regulating glow plug, a material having a small temperature coefficient of resistance is used for the metal heating wire and a material having a large temperature coefficient of resistance is used for the resistance wire for controlling the electric power to be supplied, and the inside of the monolithic ceramic material is used. The hot press method is used to make the structure embedded in. However, since the metal heating wire is restricted to a two-dimensional shape in the hot press method, not only the surface temperature of the heating element varies but also there is a problem in rapid heating.

【0004】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】本発明の目的は上述の
問題に鑑み、セラミツク材料を用いた発熱体への供給電
力を金属発熱線の温度に対応して自己制御し、発熱体の
過熱(過大な温度上昇)を防止するとともに、発熱体の
均一加熱性と速熱性を高めた、自己制御型グロープラグ
を提供することにある。
In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to self-control the electric power supplied to a heating element using a ceramic material in accordance with the temperature of a metal heating wire, and to overheat the heating element ( It is intended to provide a self-regulating glow plug which prevents an excessive temperature rise) and enhances uniform heating property and rapid heating property of a heating element.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するため
に、本発明の構成は緻密質の窒化硅素からなる鞘状の外
殻の内部に、タングステンまたはタングステン合金から
なるコイル状の金属発熱線をセラミツク系の充填材とと
もに封入し、金属発熱線の先端のコイル状の発熱部の周
囲を覆う充填材に、金属発熱線の他の部分の周囲を覆う
充填材の熱伝導率よりも小さいものを用いたものであ
る。
In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the present invention comprises a coil-shaped metal heating wire made of tungsten or a tungsten alloy inside a sheath-shaped outer shell made of dense silicon nitride. With a ceramic-based filler, and a filler that covers the periphery of the coil-shaped heat-generating part at the end of the metal heating wire and that has a smaller thermal conductivity than the filler that covers the other portions of the metal heating wire. Is used.

【0006】[0006]

【作用】本発明は発熱体を、熱伝導率の大きなセラミツ
クからなる外殻の内部に金属発熱線を、三次元形状、具
体的にはコイル状にした発熱部が外殻の内周面に接する
ように収容し、外殻の内空部の金属発熱線の発熱部を覆
う先端ないし底部に、熱伝導率の小さいセラミツク材料
を充填し、これにより発熱部の内側を熱遮蔽した二重構
造にする。外殻の内空部の金属発熱線の発熱部以外の部
分には、先端発熱部を覆うセラミツクよりも熱伝導率が
大きいセラミツク材料を充填・焼結する。
According to the present invention, the heating element is a metal heating wire inside the outer shell made of ceramic having a large thermal conductivity, and a three-dimensional, specifically coiled heating portion is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the outer shell. Double structure in which the inside of the heat generating part is thermally shielded by filling the tip or bottom part of the metal heating wire in the inner space of the outer shell that covers the heat generating part with the ceramic material with low thermal conductivity. To A ceramic material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the ceramic covering the tip heating portion is filled and sintered in a portion other than the heating portion of the metal heating wire in the inner space of the outer shell.

【0007】発熱体におけるコイル状の発熱部は内側
を、熱伝導率が小さい内殻で熱遮蔽され、コイル状の発
熱部が接する外殻は外表面へ熱伝達を促すようになつて
いるので、外殻の外表面の温度が迅速かつ均一に上昇す
る。発熱体の温度は、温度上昇に伴い抵抗値が増加する
特性を有する金属発熱線により自己制御される。
The inside of the coil-shaped heat generating portion of the heating element is shielded by the inner shell having a small thermal conductivity, and the outer shell in contact with the coil-shaped heating portion promotes heat transfer to the outer surface. , The temperature of the outer surface of the outer shell rises quickly and uniformly. The temperature of the heating element is self-controlled by a metal heating wire having a characteristic that the resistance value increases as the temperature rises.

【0008】[0008]

【実施例】図1は本発明に係る自己制御型グロープラグ
の正面断面図である。本発明による自己制御型グロープ
ラグは、下端ないし先端が閉鎖された鞘状の外殻31に
より発熱体30を構成される。外殻31はセラミツクと
して緻密型の窒化硅素(SiN)から成形されかつ焼結
され、金属保護管3に嵌合され、かつ嵌合部3aを例え
ばメタライズ法により一体に結合される。図示してない
が、金属保護管3は燃焼室壁に螺合される金属本体に嵌
合され、かつろう付けなどにより結合される。
1 is a front sectional view of a self-regulating glow plug according to the present invention. In the self-regulating glow plug according to the present invention, the heating element 30 is composed of a sheath-shaped outer shell 31 whose lower end or tip is closed. The outer shell 31 is molded from dense silicon nitride (SiN) as ceramics, is sintered, is fitted to the metal protective tube 3, and the fitting portion 3a is integrally joined by, for example, a metallizing method. Although not shown, the metal protection tube 3 is fitted to a metal body screwed to the wall of the combustion chamber and is joined by brazing or the like.

【0009】本発明による発熱体30は予め焼結された
外殻31の内部に、タングステン、タングステン合金な
どからなる金属発熱線17を挿入される。金属発熱線1
7の一端側のリード部18は外殻31の軸心に配され、
途中の金属保護管3の内部に位置する部分を、螺旋状な
いしコイル状に巻いて電力制御部20を形成される。金
属発熱線17はリード部18aを経て外殻31の先端部
でコイル状に巻いて発熱部20aを形成される。金属発
熱線17の他端側は発熱部20aから上方へ折り返して
リード部19を形成される。
In the heating element 30 according to the present invention, a metal heating wire 17 made of tungsten, a tungsten alloy or the like is inserted inside a pre-sintered outer shell 31. Metal heating wire 1
The lead portion 18 on the one end side of 7 is arranged at the axial center of the outer shell 31,
The power control unit 20 is formed by winding a portion located inside the metal protection tube 3 on the way in a spiral shape or a coil shape. The metal heating wire 17 is wound in a coil shape at the tip of the outer shell 31 via the lead portion 18a to form a heating portion 20a. The other end of the metal heating wire 17 is bent upward from the heating portion 20a to form a lead portion 19.

【0010】上述のように、金属発熱線17はコイル状
の発熱部20aが外殻31の内周面に直接接触するよう
に配設し、外殻31の内空部の下端部で発熱部20aを
内殻27aにより覆われ、発熱部20aの上方部と電力
制御部20を内殻27により覆われる。すなわち、内殻
27aは外殻31の下端部に熱伝導率が小さいアルミナ
・フアイバを疎に充填して構成され、内殻27は発熱部
20aの上方部に、加圧しなくても焼成可能であり、か
つ焼成により若干膨張する窒化硅素・窒化チタニウム
(SiN−TiN)系のセラミツク粉末を充填して構成
される。こうして、外殻31の内部に金属発熱線17と
2種のセラミツク充填材を充填したものを、所定の温度
(約1400℃)で焼成すれば、セラミツク充填材が固
化し、内殻27が外殻31と一体的に結合される。
As described above, the metal heating wire 17 is arranged so that the coil-shaped heating portion 20a is in direct contact with the inner peripheral surface of the outer shell 31, and the heating portion is formed at the lower end of the inner hollow portion of the outer shell 31. 20 a is covered with an inner shell 27 a, and the upper portion of the heat generating portion 20 a and the power control unit 20 are covered with the inner shell 27. That is, the inner shell 27a is formed by sparsely filling the lower end of the outer shell 31 with alumina fiber having a small thermal conductivity, and the inner shell 27 can be fired above the heat generating portion 20a without applying pressure. It is formed by filling a silicon nitride / titanium nitride (SiN—TiN) -based ceramic powder that is present and slightly expands by firing. In this way, when the metal shell 17 and the two ceramic fillers filled in the outer shell 31 are fired at a predetermined temperature (about 1400 ° C.), the ceramic filler is solidified and the inner shell 27 is removed. It is integrally connected to the shell 31.

【0011】金属発熱線17のリード部18は環状の金
属端子23へ結合し、リード部19は金属端子23の中
心の絶縁体24を経て、絶縁体からなる環状体21の中
心に結合した金属端子22へ結合される。金属端子23
は金属保護管3に接続され、金属端子22は公知の電極
棒8に接続される。
The lead portion 18 of the metal heating wire 17 is joined to the annular metal terminal 23, and the lead portion 19 is joined to the center of the annular body 21 made of an insulator through the insulator 24 at the center of the metal terminal 23. It is coupled to the terminal 22. Metal terminal 23
Is connected to the metal protection tube 3, and the metal terminal 22 is connected to the well-known electrode rod 8.

【0012】本発明は上述のように、金属発熱線17が
発熱部20aで三次元の形状すなわちコイル状に形成さ
れ、かつ外殻31の内周面に直接接触し、熱伝導率の小
さい内殻27aが外殻31の内部に配設された構造にな
つているので、通電後は発熱部20aの熱は、内殻27
aへは伝わりにくく、外殻31へ伝わるので、発熱体3
0の外表面が迅速かつ周方向に均一に加熱され、燃焼室
の燃料を気化し着火させる。換言すれば、発熱体30に
おける発熱部20aは内側を、熱伝導率が小さい内殻2
7aで熱遮蔽され、外殻31の外表面へ熱伝達を促すよ
うになつているので、外殻31の外表面の温度が迅速に
上昇する。
According to the present invention, as described above, the metal heating wire 17 is formed in the heating portion 20a in a three-dimensional shape, that is, in the shape of a coil, and is in direct contact with the inner peripheral surface of the outer shell 31 to have a small thermal conductivity. Since the shell 27a has a structure arranged inside the outer shell 31, the heat of the heat generating portion 20a is not changed after the power is turned on.
It is difficult to reach a and is transmitted to the outer shell 31.
The outer surface of No. 0 is rapidly and uniformly heated in the circumferential direction to vaporize and ignite the fuel in the combustion chamber. In other words, the heat generating portion 20a of the heat generating element 30 is located on the inner side, and
Since the heat is shielded by 7a and the heat transfer is promoted to the outer surface of the outer shell 31, the temperature of the outer surface of the outer shell 31 rapidly rises.

【0013】図2に実線で示すように、本発明による発
熱体30は、破線で示す従来のものに比べて、外殻31
の外表面の温度が迅速に上昇する。
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the heating element 30 according to the present invention has an outer shell 31 as compared with the conventional one shown by the broken line.
The temperature of the outer surface rises quickly.

【0014】図3に示すように、実験結果によれば、内
殻27aの熱伝導率が大きいと、発熱部20aの熱が内
殻27aで吸収され、外殻31へ効果的に伝達されな
い。内殻27aの熱伝導率が小さいほど、外殻31の外
表面の速熱効果は優れたものになる。
As shown in FIG. 3, according to the experimental results, when the thermal conductivity of the inner shell 27a is large, the heat of the heat generating portion 20a is absorbed by the inner shell 27a and is not effectively transferred to the outer shell 31. The smaller the thermal conductivity of the inner shell 27a, the better the effect of rapid heating of the outer surface of the outer shell 31.

【0015】金属発熱線17の発熱部20aが所定の温
度(900〜1000℃)に達すると、電力制御部20
の抵抗値が大きくなり、発熱部20aへの通電電力が自
ら減じ、発熱部20aの過大な温度上昇が抑えられ、金
属発熱線17の焼損や発熱体30の熱破壊が防止され
る。
When the heat generating portion 20a of the metal heat generating wire 17 reaches a predetermined temperature (900 to 1000 ° C.), the power control portion 20.
Of the heating element 20a is reduced, the electric power supplied to the heating portion 20a is reduced, an excessive temperature rise of the heating portion 20a is suppressed, and burnout of the metal heating wire 17 and thermal destruction of the heating element 30 are prevented.

【0016】なお、図4に示すように、本発明は金属発
熱線17に電力制御部20を特別に設けなくても、内殻
27aの熱伝導率が内殻27のそれよりも小さいことか
ら、発熱部自体の温度上昇による抵抗値の増加に伴い、
通電電力が制御され、発熱体30の過熱を防止できる。
As shown in FIG. 4, according to the present invention, the heat conductivity of the inner shell 27a is smaller than that of the inner shell 27, even if the power control unit 20 is not specially provided on the metal heating wire 17. , As the resistance value increases due to the temperature rise of the heat generating part itself,
The supplied electric power is controlled, and overheating of the heating element 30 can be prevented.

【0017】[0017]

【発明の効果】本発明は上述のように、発熱体における
コイル状の発熱部は内側を、熱伝導率が小さい内殻で熱
遮蔽され、コイル状の発熱部が接する外殻は、外表面へ
熱伝達を促すようになつているので、外殻の外表面の温
度が迅速かつ均一に上昇する。
As described above, according to the present invention, the inside of the coil-shaped heating portion of the heating element is thermally shielded by the inner shell having a small thermal conductivity, and the outer shell of the coil-shaped heating portion is in contact with the outer surface. The temperature of the outer surface of the outer shell rises quickly and uniformly because it promotes heat transfer to the outer shell.

【0018】発熱体の温度は、温度上昇に伴い抵抗値が
増加する特性を有する金属発熱線により自己制御され
る。
The temperature of the heating element is self-controlled by the metal heating wire having the characteristic that the resistance value increases as the temperature rises.

【0019】金属発熱線の発熱部を覆う内殻にアルミナ
・フアイバを用いたことにより、内殻の熱伝導率を外殻
のそれよりも小さくできる。
By using alumina fiber for the inner shell that covers the heat generating portion of the metal heating wire, the thermal conductivity of the inner shell can be made smaller than that of the outer shell.

【0020】電力制御部を覆う内殻に硅素、チタニウ
ム、酸素、窒素の内の少くも1つの元素を含むセラミツ
ク、例えば窒化硅素・窒化チタニウム系セラミツクを用
いることにより、焼成時の熱膨張が殆どないので、焼成
中に外殻が熱破損する恐れはない。
By using a ceramic containing at least one element of silicon, titanium, oxygen, and nitrogen, for example, a silicon nitride / titanium nitride-based ceramic in the inner shell covering the power control unit, thermal expansion during firing is almost eliminated. Since it does not exist, there is no risk of heat damage to the outer shell during firing.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明に係る自己制御型グロープラグの正面断
面図である。
FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a self-regulating glow plug according to the present invention.

【図2】本発明による自己制御型グロープラグの速熱性
を、従来のものと比較して表す線図である。
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a rapid heating property of a self-regulating glow plug according to the present invention, as compared with a conventional one.

【図3】発熱体の内殻の熱伝導率と速熱性との関係を表
す線図である。
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the thermal conductivity of the inner shell of the heating element and the rapid heating property.

【図4】本発明の変更実施例に係る自己制御型グロープ
ラグの正面断面図である。
FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of a self-regulating glow plug according to a modified embodiment of the present invention.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

3:金属保護管 17:金属発熱線 20:弾力制御部
20a:発熱部 27,27a:内殻 30:発熱部
体 31:外殻
3: Metal protective tube 17: Metal heating wire 20: Elasticity control part 20a: Heating part 27, 27a: Inner shell 30: Heating part body 31: Outer shell

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】緻密質の窒化硅素からなる鞘状の外殻の内
部に、タングステンまたはタングステン合金からなるコ
イル状の金属発熱線をセラミツク系の充填材とともに封
入し、金属発熱線の先端のコイル状の発熱部の周囲を覆
う充填材に、金属発熱線の他の部分の周囲を覆う充填材
の熱伝導率よりも小さいものを用いたことを特徴とす
る、自己制御型グロープラグ。
1. A coil-shaped metal heating wire made of tungsten or a tungsten alloy is enclosed with a ceramic-based filler in a sheath-like outer shell made of dense silicon nitride, and a coil at the tip of the metal heating wire is enclosed. A self-regulating glow plug, characterized in that a filler having a lower thermal conductivity than the filler covering the other portions of the metal heating wire is used as the filler covering the periphery of the heat generating portion.
【請求項2】前記充填材の内で金属発熱線の先端のコイ
ル状の発熱部以外の周囲を覆う充填材は、少くとも硅
素、チタニウム、酸素、窒素の内の1つの元素を含む、
請求項1に記載の自己制御型グロープラグ。
2. The filler covering the periphery of the filler other than the coil-shaped heat generating portion at the end of the metal heating wire contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, oxygen and nitrogen.
The self-regulating glow plug according to claim 1.
【請求項3】前記充填材の内で金属発熱線の先端のコイ
ル状の発熱部の周囲を覆う充填材は、熱伝導率が3W/
m・K以下である、請求項1,2に記載の自己制御型グ
ロープラグ。
3. The filler which covers the periphery of the coil-shaped heat generating portion at the tip of the metal heating wire in the filler has a thermal conductivity of 3 W /.
The self-regulating glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the glow plug has a m · K or less.
JP34792793A 1993-12-25 1993-12-25 Self-control type glow plug Pending JPH07190360A (en)

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