IP Library Granted Patent US 7,770,395
Granted Patent B2
US 7,770,395 · App. 11/362,527 · Granted Aug 10, 2010

Combustor

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Patent No.
US 7,770,395
App. No.
11/362,527
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sleeve 2 e having the length of the side surface thereof made longer at a position away from the compressor outlet 11 is connected to the upstream-side end of an external cylinder 2 c . By this sleeve 2 e , compressed air flowing along the inside wall surface of a casing 4 flows, making a turn, in a space between the sleeve 2 e and the inside wall surface of the casing 4 , thereby providing the compressed air flow being introduced from the sleeve 2 e to the external cylinder 2 c with uniformity.

Claims (14)

1. A combustor comprising:

a pilot nozzle provided at a center of an axis of the combustor, and performing diffusion combustion;

main nozzles provided circumferentially around the pilot nozzle so as to be equally spaced with each other, and performing premixed combustion;

a combustor basket covering outside circumferences of the pilot nozzle and the main nozzles;

an external cylinder provided around an outside circumference of the combustor basket so as to form a passageway of a compressed air between an inside wall thereof and an outside wall of the combustor basket; and

a cylinder-type sleeve provided with a side wall having a first end and formed in a tapered shape which is connected to a distal end serving as an inlet of the compressed air of the external cylinder,

wherein a length of the side wall of the sleeve changes in a manner that the longer a distance to a compressed air outlet which discharges the compressed air is, the longer a length of the side wall of the sleeve is, while the shorter a distance to the compressed air outlet is, the shorter a length of the side wall of the sleeve is, and

wherein an open space is formed between an external surface of the side wall of the sleeve and a casing of a gas turbine, the sleeve first end being spaced from the casing.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sleeve has a shape of a frustum which has a bottom surface diagonally intersecting with an axis thereof.

3. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the combustor is installed in the casing of the gas turbine, the sleeve protrudes from an inside wall surface of the casing to an inside of a chamber of the casing, so as to have a length of protrusion of the sleeve is longer on a side where a distance to the compressed air outlet is far.

4. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the compressed air outlet is provided with a flow guide bending toward the combustor.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2006
From: TANIMURA, SATOSHI; KURIHARA, KENTA; SAITOH, TOSHIHIKO; RODRIGUEZ, JOSE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017652/0280 →