IP Library Granted Patent US 9,377,192
Granted Patent B2
US 9,377,192 · App. 13/472,690 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Combustor

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Patent No.
US 9,377,192
App. No.
13/472,690
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly-reliable combustor is provided that allows flash back of flame into a premixer to be suppressed. The combustor has a mixing chamber forming member 110 that forms a mixing chamber thereinside. The mixing chamber includes a first mixing chamber 200 broadening toward a downstream side. The member 110 includes air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. The member 110 includes a fuel ejection hole 206 provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole. The air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 are circumferentially eccentrically installed. The air introduction holes 202 located in the most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side than the air introduction holes 203, 204 located in the rows other than the most upstream row.

Claims (32)

1. A combustor comprising:

a mixing chamber forming member that forms a mixing chamber inside thereof;

a first mixing chamber defined in the mixing chamber, the first mixing chamber broadening toward a downstream side;

the mixing chamber forming member including air introduction holes formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and

the mixing chamber forming member including a fuel ejection hole, the fuel ejection hole being provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole,

a fuel nozzle located about a central axis of the burner, wherein the first mixing chamber has a conical shape broadening from the fuel ejection hole, and wherein the combustor has a cylindrical second mixing chamber located downstream of the first mixing chamber; wherein

the air introduction holes are circumferentially eccentrically provided, and wherein the air introduction holes located in a most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side than the air introduction holes located in a row other than the most upstream row.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the air introduction holes located in the most upstream row are each such that an outlet is located on the downstream side in the axial direction more than an inlet, and the air introduction holes located in the at least one row other than the most upstream row are each such that an inlet and an outlet have the same axial position.

3. The combustor according to claim 2 , wherein an angle between a conical surface of the first mixing chamber and the axis is α and an inclined angle of the air introduction hole installed in the most upstream row is β, β is set between 0.7α and 1.3α.

4. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein an angle α of the conical surface of the mixing chamber with respect to the axis is set between 30 and 40 degrees.

5. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel ejection hole is an ejection nozzle adapted to eject gas fuel and the fuel nozzle is a nozzle adapted to eject liquid fuel.

6. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the air introduction holes located in a most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side with respect to lines that are perpendicular to the central axis of the burner than the air introduction holes located in a row other than the most upstream row.

7. A combustor comprising:

a mixing chamber forming member that forms a mixing chamber inside thereof;

a first mixing chamber defined in the mixing chamber, the first mixing chamber broadening toward a downstream side;

the mixing chamber forming member including air introduction holes formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and

the mixing chamber forming member including a fuel ejection hole, the fuel ejection hole being provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole; wherein

the air introduction holes are each disposed such that a central axis thereof does not intersect a burner central axis, and

the air introduction holes located in a most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side with respect to lines that are perpendicular to the central axis of the burner than the air introduction holes located in a row other than the most upstream row.

8. The combustor according to claim 7 , further comprising: a fuel nozzle located about a central axis of the burner, wherein the first mixing chamber has a conical shape broadening from the fuel ejection hole, and wherein the combustor has a cylindrical second mixing chamber located downstream of the first mixing chamber.

9. The combustor according to claim 7 , wherein the air introduction holes located in the most upstream row are each such that an outlet is located on the downstream side in the axial direction more than an inlet, and the air introduction holes located in at least one row other than the most upstream row are each such that an inlet and an outlet have the same axial position.

10. The combustor according to claim 9 , wherein an angle between a conical surface of the first mixing chamber and the axis is α and an inclined angle of the air introduction hole installed in the most upstream row is β, β is set between 0.7α and 1.3α.

11. The combustor according to claim 8 , wherein an angle α of the conical surface of the mixing chamber with respect to the axis is set between 30 and 40 degrees.

12. The combustor according to claim 8 , wherein the fuel ejection hole is an ejection nozzle adapted to eject gas fuel and the fuel nozzle is a nozzle adapted to eject liquid fuel.

13. A combustor comprising:

a mixing chamber forming member that forms a mixing chamber inside thereof;

a first mixing chamber defined in the mixing chamber, the first mixing chamber broadening toward a downstream side;

the mixing chamber forming member including air introduction holes formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and

the mixing chamber forming member including a fuel ejection hole, the fuel ejection hole being provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole; wherein

the air introduction holes are circumferentially eccentrically provided, and

the air introduction holes located in a most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side than the air introduction holes located in a row other than the most upstream row, and

the air introduction holes located in the most upstream row are each such that an outlet is located on the downstream side in the axial direction more than an inlet, and the air introduction holes located in the at least one row other than the most upstream row are each such that an inlet and an outlet have the same axial position.

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 Sep 17, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033763/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2012
From: HIRATA, YOSHITAKA; YOSHIDA, SHOHEI; SEKIGUCHI, TATSUYA; HAYASHI, AKINORI; TAKAHASHI, HIROKAZU
To: HITACHI, LTD.
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