Burner for a gas turbine

1. A premix burner comprising:

a swirl generator comprising an interior space, cone shells, and defining a cone half angle α;

a mixing section which follows the swirl generator in the direction of flow;

passages configured and arranged to feed compressed combustion air into the swirl generator; and

a high-pressure nozzle having an interior space and configured and arranged to atomise liquid fuel, at least one fuel passage configured and arranged to feed fuel into the nozzle interior space, the nozzle having at least two outlet passages which lead from the nozzle interior space to the interior space of the swirl generator and are arranged off center with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle and are oriented so that spray cones when emerging from the outlet passages are directed onto the wake of the individual cone shells;

wherein the outlet passages are configured and arranged so that the spray cones when emerging each have a longitudinal axis running at an angle β with respect to the longitudinal axis of the swirl generator which is greater than zero and smaller than the cone half angle α of the swirl generator.

2. A premix burner comprising:

a swirl generator comprising an interior space, cone shells, and defining a cone half angle α;

a mixing section which follows the swirl generator in the direction of flow:

passages configured and arranged to feed compressed combustion air into the swirl generator: and

a high-pressure nozzle having an interior space and configured and arranged to atomise liquid fuel, at least one fuel passage configured and arranged to feed fuel into the nozzle interior space, the nozzle having at least two outlet passages which lead from the nozzle interior space to the interior space of the swirl generator and are arranged off center with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle and are oriented so that spray cones when emerging from the outlet passages are directed onto the wake of the individual cone shells;

wherein the outlet passages are configured and arranged so that the spray cones when emerging each have a longitudinal axis running at an angle β with respect to the longitudinal axis of the swirl generator which is smaller than the cone half angle α of the swirl generator;

wherein the angle β between the longitudinal axes of the spray cones and the longitudinal axis of the swirl generator is smaller than the cone half-angle α of the swirl generator and greater than 10°.

3. The premix burner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the angle β between the longitudinal axes of the spray cones and the longitudinal axis of the swirl generator is in the range from 10° to 18°.

4. The premix burner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least two outlet passages are arranged in a radially outer half of the nozzle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle and rotationally symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle.

5. The premix burner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least two outlet passages, as seen in the direction of flow of liquid fuel, each have a first cylindrical section, a conically narrowed section, and a second cylindrical section.

6. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least two outlet passages each include a tube which projects beyond the tip of the nozzle.

7. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least two outlet passages each include a tube which projects beyond an outer surface of the nozzle, a tip of the nozzle projecting further into the swirl generator than the tubes.

8. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a half angle δ of the conically narrowed section between the wall of the conical section and the longitudinal axis of the at least two outlet passages is less than 45°.

9. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the at least two outlet passages includes an outlet opening on an outer surface of the nozzle, and wherein the second cylindrical section in each case leads to an outlet opening.

10. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the conically narrowed section has a cone half angle in the range from 30-45°.

11. The premix burner as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the tip of the nozzle is rounded.

12. The premix burner as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the tip of the nozzle is conical.

13. The premix burner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the at least two outlet passages includes an outlet opening on an outer surface of the nozzle, and wherein the length of the second cylindrical section is in each case at most five times the diameter of the outlet opening.

14. The premix burner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the at least two outlet passages includes an outlet opening on an outer surface of the nozzle, and wherein the outlet openings have a diameter in a range from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm.

15. The premix burner as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

openings for the admission of compressed air in the outer wall of the cylindrical mixing section.

16. A premix burner comprising:

a swirl generator which comprises cone shells and passages for feeding compressed combustion air into the swirl generator, the swirl generator defining an interior space and a cone half-angle α;

a high-pressure nozzle configured and arranged to atomise liquid fuel, the nozzle including an interior space;

at least one fuel passage configured and arranged to feed fuel into the nozzle interior space;

wherein the nozzle includes at least two outlet passages configured and arranged to atomise fuel, the at least two outlet passages leading from the nozzle interior space to the interior space of the swirl generator and are arranged off-center with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle;

wherein the at least one outlet passage is configured and arranged so that spray cones when emerging from the at least one outlet passage have a longitudinal axis running at an angle β with respect to the longitudinal axis of the premix burner which is smaller than the cone half-angle α of the swirl generator, and the at least one outlet passage, as seen in the direction of flow of the liquid fuel, has a first cylindrical section, a conically narrowed section, and a second cylindrical section, and a tip of the nozzle extending to or beyond half the length of the interior space of the swirl generator.