IP Library Granted Patent US 8,794,004
Granted Patent B2
US 8,794,004 · App. 12/666,673 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Gas turbine combustor

Inventors: Kei Inoue (Hyogo, JP); Keijiro Saito (Hyogo, JP); Yoshikazu Matsumura (Hyogo, JP); Sosuke Nakamura (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,794,004
App. No.
12/666,673
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a gas turbine combustor capable of reducing the size of a low-temperature air layer of pilot air formed between a pilot flame and a premixed flame and of improving the flame stability of the premixed flame. A gas turbine combustor, which is provided with a pilot burner that is provided at the center portion of a combustor main body formed in a cylindrical shape to form a pilot flame, and a plurality of main burners arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the pilot burner to form a premixed flame, includes, as the ignition improving part, a channel blocking member that reduces the size of the low-temperature air layer of the pilot air formed between the pilot flame and the premixed flame.

Claims (5)

1. A gas turbine combustor provided with a pilot burner that is provided at the center portion of a combustor main body formed in a cylindrical shape to form a pilot flame, and a plurality of main burners arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the pilot burner to form a premixed flame by combusting a premixed gas, the gas turbine combustor comprising:

a pilot air channel formed in the pilot burner;

a pilot swirler provided in the pilot air channel; and

a channel blocking member adapted to be disposed on the pilot swirler,

wherein the channel blocking member is disposed on the pilot swirler to reduce the size of a low-temperature air layer of pilot air, the low-temperature air layer being formed between the pilot flame and the premixed flame, and to reduce the distance between the premixed gas and the pilot flame so as to close off a gap between one or a plurality of air channels between vanes of the pilot swirler.

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 Jun 10, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052891/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2009
From: INOUE, KEI; SAITO, KEIJIRO; MATSUMURA, YOSHIKAZU; NAKAMURA, SOSUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023718/0931 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-329955 · Dec 21, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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