IP Library Granted Patent US 8,801,429
Granted Patent B2
US 8,801,429 · App. 12/240,553 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Burner arrangement

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Patent No.
US 8,801,429
App. No.
12/240,553
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A burner arrangement is disclosed with a conical swirler in the form of a double cone which is arranged concentric to a burner axis and which encloses a swirl chamber, and with a central fuel lance which lies in the burner axis and projects from the cone point of the swirler into the swirl chamber, wherein a first stage is provided for injecting premix fuel, in which the premix fuel is injected radially outwards into the swirl chamber through injection openings which are arranged on the fuel lance, and wherein a second stage is provided for injecting premix fuel, in which the premix fuel is injected into an air flow, which is guided in the double cone, through injection openings in the double cone. With such a burner arrangement, the gas pressure which is required in the first stage is reduced by the entire premix fuel being injected into the swirl chamber in the first stage through two oppositely-disposed injection openings with increased opening diameter.

Claims (23)

1. A burner arrangement comprising:

a conical swirler in the form of a double cone which is arranged concentric to a burner axis and which encloses a swirl chamber; and

a central fuel lance which lies in the burner axis and projects from a cone point of the swirler into the swirl chamber,

wherein a first stage is provided for injecting fuel, in which the fuel is injected radially outwards into the swirl chamber through injection openings which are arranged on the fuel lance,

wherein a second stage is provided for injecting fuel, in which the fuel is injected into an air flow guided in the double cone, through injection openings in the double cone, and

wherein in the first stage the entire fuel is injected into the swirl chamber through only two oppositely-disposed injection openings arranged substantially 180° apart from each other and

wherein in a first stage the fuel is injected radially outward from a cylindrical section of the lance.

2. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two injection openings of the first stage have a diameter of about 5 mm.

3. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fuel lance projects into the swirl chamber to the extent that the tip of the fuel lance is positioned at a distance of about 135 mm from the open end of the swirl chamber, and wherein the two injection openings are arranged at a distance of about 115 mm from the tip of the fuel lance in the axial direction.

4. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two injection openings are arranged in the circumferential direction in a manner in which they are rotated by an angle (α) of about 65 degrees from a center plane which is oriented parallel to the tangentially inflowing air in the double cone.

5. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein liquid fuel is injected into the swirl chamber in the axial direction at the tip of the fuel lance.

6. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the liquid fuel is surrounded by an envelope of screening air.

7. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fuel lance is delimited at the tip by an end face which is perpendicular to the burner axis.

8. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fuel lance is formed at the tip in a rounded or streamlined manner.

9. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the fuel lance projects into the swirl chamber to the extent that the tip of the fuel lance is positioned at a distance of about 135 mm from the open end of the swirl chamber, and wherein the two injection openings are arranged at a distance of about 115 mm from the tip of the fuel lance in the axial direction.

10. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the two injection openings are arranged in the circumferential direction in a manner in which they are rotated by an angle (α) of about 65 degrees from a center plane which is oriented parallel to the tangentially inflowing air in the double cone.

11. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein liquid fuel is injected into the swirl chamber in the axial direction at the tip of the fuel lance.

12. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fuel lance is delimited at the tip by an end face which is perpendicular to the burner axis.

13. The burner arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fuel lance is formed at the tip in a rounded or streamlined manner.

14. A burner comprising: a swirl chamber;

a conical swirler in the form of a double cone which is arranged concentric to a burner axis and which encloses the swirl chamber; and

a central fuel lance which lies in the burner axis and projects from a cone point of the swirler into the swirl chamber, wherein a first stage is provided for injecting fuel, in which the fuel is injected radially outwards into the swirl chamber, and wherein a second stage is provided for injecting fuel, in which the fuel is injected into an air flow through injection openings in the double cone, wherein a gas pressure in the first stage is reduced by the entire fuel being injected into the swirl chamber in the first stage through only two oppositely-disposed injection openings arranged substantially 180° apart from each other, and

wherein in a first stage the fuel is injected radially outward from a cylindrical section of the lance.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 065594/0933 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041731/0626 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2008
From: EROGLU, ADNAN; LACHNER, RUDOLF; ZAJADATZ, MARTIN; ROBERTSON, JAMES
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 021833/0184 →