IP Library Granted Patent US 7,246,493
Granted Patent B2
US 7,246,493 · App. 10/506,121 · Granted Jul 24, 2007

Gas turbine

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Patent No.
US 7,246,493
App. No.
10/506,121
Granted
Jul 24, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a gas turbine comprising a combustor that extends into a combustion chamber. The port of the combustor is surrounded in a ring-shaped manner by a Helmholtz resonator, whereby combustion oscillations are effectively suppressed due to close contact with the flame while irregularities in temperature are prevented.

Claims (9)

1. A gas turbine, comprising: a combustion chamber; a combustor that leads into the combustion chamber at a combustor port and is connected to the combustion chamber via a combustor insert distinct from both the combustor port and the combustor; and a Helmholtz resonator surrounding the combustor port, wherein, the Helmholtz resonator is integrated in the combustor insert, having a resonator volume connected to the combustion chamber by a resonator port, and including a small tube extending from the port into the resonator volume.

2. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the small tube is curved or twisted in form.

3. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the small tube is curved and twisted in form.

4. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resonator volume is adjustable.

5. The gas turbine as claimed claim 1 , wherein the combustion chamber is designed as an annular combustion chamber.

6. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resonator surrounds the combustor port annularly.

7. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the resonator port includes multiple holes with a tube extending from each hole into the resonator volume.

8. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resonator includes a plurality of air inlets allowing the resonator impedance to be adapted.

9. The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein combustor airflow is directed through the Helmholtz resonator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 056297/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2004
From: FLOHR, PATRICK; KREBS, WERNER; PRADE, BERND
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 016436/0016 →