IP Library Granted Patent US 8,950,190
Granted Patent B2
US 8,950,190 · App. 13/388,204 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Gas turbine combustor having contraction member on inner wall surface

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Patent No.
US 8,950,190
App. No.
13/388,204
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine, an air passage ( 54 ) that supplies combustion high-pressure air, a pilot nozzle ( 44 ), a main fuel nozzle ( 45 ), and a top hat nozzle ( 47 ) that supply fuel, and openings ( 64 ) that supply film air (cooling air) are provided with respect to a combustor inner cylinder ( 42 ), and contraction members ( 71, 72 , and 73 ) are arranged along a circumferential direction on an inner wall surface in a downstream of a flow direction of combustion gas in the inner cylinder ( 42 ). The contraction members ( 71, 72 , and 73 ) are provided in a predetermined area in the circumferential direction excluding penetrating portions ( 74, 75 , and 76 ), which do not disturb the flow of cooling air, thereby enabling to suppress generation of carbon monoxide and the like and to suppress the occurrence of unstable combustion.

Claims (25)

1. A gas turbine combustor comprising:

a combustion chamber in which a combustion air and fuel are burned to generate combustion gas;

a combustion air supplying unit that supplies the combustion air to the combustion chamber;

a fuel supplying unit that supplies the fuel to the combustion air in the combustion chamber;

a cooling-air supplying unit that supplies a cooling air to the combustion chamber along an inner wall surface thereof; and

a contraction member arranged along a circumferential direction on the inner wall surface in a downstream of a flow direction of combustion gas in the combustion chamber, wherein

the contraction member is provided in a predetermined area in the circumferential direction excluding penetrating portions, which do not disturb flow of the cooling air,

the contraction member obliquity extends from the inner wall surface of the combustor chamber toward the downstream at a predetermined angle between the contraction member and the inner wall surface,

the cooling-air supplying unit includes an opening which is formed in the combustion chamber at a portion inside the contraction member in a radial direction of the combustion chamber and through which the cooling air is supplied, and

an end portion of the contraction member is supported by a support member to have a predetermined gap from the inner wall surface, such that a downstream side of a space between the contraction member and the inner wall surface forms an open end.

2. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the contraction member is divided in plural through the penetrating portions and arranged in the circumferential direction.

3. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the contraction members are provided at asymmetric positions with respect to the circumferential direction on the inner wall surface of the combustion chamber.

4. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the contraction member has a corner portion protruding toward a central part of the combustion chamber.

5. The gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the contraction member is provided in plural in the flow direction of combustion gas.

6. A gas turbine that supplies fuel to a combustion air compressed by a compressor to burn fuel in a combustor, and supplies generated combustion gas to a turbine to obtain rotational power, wherein

the combustor includes

a combustion chamber,

a combustion air supplying unit that supplies the combustion air to the combustion chamber,

a fuel supplying unit that supplies fuel to the combustion air in the combustion chamber,

a cooling-air supplying unit that supplies a cooling air to the combustion chamber along an inner wall surface thereof, and

a contraction member arranged along a circumferential direction on the inner wall surface in a downstream of a flow direction of combustion gas in the combustion chamber, wherein

the contraction member is provided in a predetermined area in the combustion circumferential direction excluding penetrating portions, which do not disturb flow of the cooling air, and

the contraction member obliquity extends from the inner wall surface of the combustor chamber toward the downstream at a predetermined angle between the contraction member and the inner wall surface,

the cooling-air supplying unit includes an opening which is formed in the combustion chamber at a portion inside the contraction member in a radial direction of the combustion chamber and through which the cooling air is supplied, and

an end portion of the contraction member is supported by a support member to have a predetermined gap from the inner wall surface, such that a downstream side of a space between the contraction member and the inner wall surface forms an open end.

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 12, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034950/0942 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2012
From: SAITO, KEIJIRO; AKAMATSU, SHINJI; SATO, KENJI; MANDAI, SHIGEMI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027648/0035 →