IP Library Granted Patent US 9,182,117
Granted Patent B2
US 9,182,117 · App. 13/107,135 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Lance of a gas turbine burner

Inventors: Ulrich Rathmann (Baden, CH); Daniel Burri (Rothenburg, CH); Thorsten Motzkus (Birmenstorf, CH)
Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
F23D11/106F23D14/22F23D17/002F23R3/28F23C2900/07021F23C2900/07022
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Patent No.
US 9,182,117
App. No.
13/107,135
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lance of a gas turbine burner includes an inner duct having inner nozzles; an annular outer duct encircling the inner duct and having outer nozzles; and a spacer disposed between a terminal portion of the inner duct and a terminal portion of the outer duct, the spacer being fixed to both the inner duct and the outer duct.

Claims (30)

1. A lance of a gas turbine burner comprising:

an inner duct having inner nozzles;

an annular outer duct encircling the inner duct and having outer nozzles;

a spacer disposed downstream of the inner nozzles and outer nozzles between a terminal portion of the inner duct and a terminal portion of the outer duct, the spacer being fixed to both the inner duct and the outer duct, and wherein the spacer extends in a radial direction in an annular section between the inner duct and the outer duct;

wherein the inner duct includes an inner duct seat, the spacer extending from the outer duct to the inner duct so as to rest in the inner duct seat, and a fixing element configured to block the spacer in the inner duct seat;

wherein the outer duct includes an outer duct seat, the spacer extending from the inner duct to the outer duct so as to rest in the outer duct seat, and a fixing element configured to block the spacer in the outer duct seat; and

a wall closing the terminal portion of the outer duct, wherein the wall is a separate element from the outer duct and connected to the outer duct.

2. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner nozzle includes an inner axis and the outer nozzle includes an outer axis, each axis having a predefined position relative to one another.

3. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner duct seat includes a shoulder.

4. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the outer duct seat includes a shoulder.

5. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fixing element includes a ring.

6. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fixing element includes a ring.

7. The lance as recited in claim 5 , wherein the ring is a threaded ring screwed to a corresponding threaded portion of the terminal portion of the inner duct.

8. The lance as recited in claim 7 , wherein the ring extends from the wall.

9. The lance as recited in claim 6 , wherein the ring is a threaded ring screwed to a corresponding threaded portion of the terminal portion of the outer duct.

10. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the spacer includes a collar.

11. The lance as recited in claim 10 , wherein the collar includes through-holes configured to allow air circulating in the outer duct to pass through.

12. The lance as recited in claim 10 , wherein the collar includes a plurality of slits defining a plurality of separate elements.

13. The lance as recited in claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of separate elements are equal in size.

14. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the spacer includes a collar, and the collar extends from the inner duct to a cylindrical inner surface of the outer duct.

15. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the spacer includes a collar, and the collar extends from the outer duct to a cylindrical inner surface on the inner duct.

16. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the wall is spaced apart from the inner duct.

17. A lance of a gas turbine burner comprising:

an inner duct having inner nozzles;

an annular outer duct encircling the inner duct and having outer nozzles;

a spacer disposed downstream of the inner nozzles and outer nozzles between a terminal portion of the inner duct and a terminal portion of the outer duct, the spacer being fixed to both the inner duct and the outer duct, and wherein the spacer extends in a radial direction in an annular section between the inner duct and the outer duct;

wherein the inner duct includes an inner duct seat, the spacer extending from the outer duct to the inner duct so as to rest in the inner duct seat, and a fixing element configured to block the spacer in the inner duct seat;

wherein the outer duct includes an outer duct seat, the spacer extending from the inner duct to the outer duct so as to rest in the outer duct seat, and a fixing element configured to block the spacer in the outer duct seat; and

a wall closing the terminal portion of the outer duct.

18. The lance as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner nozzle includes an inner axis and the outer nozzle includes an outer axis, each axis having a predefined position relative to one another, and wherein the inner and the outer axes are one of coaxial axes and shifted axes with respect to one another.

Assignments (3)
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 Jul 7, 2011
From: RATHMANN, ULRICH; BURRI, DANIEL; MOTZKUS, THORSTEN
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Reel/Frame 026553/0258 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10163443 · May 20, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110284669A1 · Nov 24, 2011