IP Library Granted Patent US 8,479,520
Granted Patent B2
US 8,479,520 · App. 12/670,207 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Gas turbine combustor

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Patent No.
US 8,479,520
App. No.
12/670,207
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A low cost gas turbine combustor has main nozzles having a cylindrical central tube using an interior as an oil fuel path, a cylindrical outer tube disposed on an outermost periphery of the main nozzle, and a support tube disposed between the central tube and the outer tube, the central tube, the outer tube and the support tube each being formed independently. The support tube has such an internal diameter as to form a clearance becoming an insulating air layer between the support tube and an outer periphery of the central tube, and includes supporting portions formed on an axially upstream side and radially contacting an inner periphery of the outer tube groove portions formed along an axial direction between the supporting portions, and a cylindrical portion formed on an axially downstream side and having an external diameter equal to or smaller than an external diameter of the groove portions.

Claims (12)

1. A gas turbine combustor comprising

at least one main nozzle provided with an oil fuel path for passage of oil fuel and a gas fuel path for passage of gas fuel, wherein the main nozzle comprises

a cylindrical central tube disposed at a center of the main nozzle and using an interior thereof as an oil fuel path through which oil fuel flows,

a cylindrical outer tube disposed on an outermost periphery of the main nozzle, and

a support tube disposed between the central tube and the outer tube, the central tube, the outer tube and the support tube each being formed independently,

wherein the support tube has such an internal diameter as to form a clearance becoming an insulating air layer between the support tube and an outer periphery of the central tube, and

the support tube includes

a plurality of supporting portions formed on an axially upstream side and radially contacting an inner periphery of the outer tube, thereby forming a plurality of groove portions formed along an axial direction between the supporting portions, and

a cylindrical portion formed on an axially downstream side and the cylindrical portion having an external diameter equal to or smaller than an external diameter of the groove portions, and

wherein the outer tube and the support tube define the gas fuel path therebetween.

2. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 , wherein one or more opening portions are provided in a side surface, on the axially upstream side, of the outer tube, and one or more notches are provided by partially cutting off the supporting portions at positions where the opening portions are located, wherein gas fuel is to be supplied through the opening portions, and introduced from the notches to the groove portions.

3. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the central tube has a front end and a rear end fixed by welding, and has on a rear end side thereof a coiled bend formed in a coil-shape.

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 Mar 26, 2010
From: TERADA, YOSHITAKA; KONISHI, TETSU; OMAE, KATSUYOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024143/0374 →