IP Library Granted Patent US 9,957,893
Granted Patent B2
US 9,957,893 · App. 14/007,253 · Granted May 1, 2018

Combustor and gas turbine provided with same

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Patent No.
US 9,957,893
App. No.
14/007,253
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustor ( 10 ) according to the invention includes: a combustor basket ( 14 ) in which compressed air and fuel are mixed with each other and the mixture is combusted; a transition piece ( 17 ) in which a tip portion of the combustor basket ( 14 ) is inserted with a gap (C) therebetween; a spring clip ( 19 ) that seals the gap between the combustor basket ( 14 ) and the transition piece ( 17 ); a throttle section ( 21 ) that is provided in an opening portion (Ck) of the gap (C) that is opened to the transition piece ( 17 ) on the tip side of the combustor basket ( 14 ), and narrows an opening area of the opening portion (Ck), compared to the base end side; and cooling device ( 22 ) for cooling the throttle section ( 21 ).

Claims (29)

1. A combustor comprising:

a combustor basket in which compressed air and fuel are mixed to form a mixture with each other and the mixture is combusted;

a transition piece in which a tip portion of the combustor basket is inserted with a gap therebetween;

a spring clip that seals the gap between the combustor basket and the transition piece;

a throttle section that is provided in an opening portion of the gap, the opening portion opening on a tip side of the combustor basket to the transition piece, and narrows an opening area of the opening portion, compared to a base end side of the combustor basket; and

a cooling device that has a cooling fluid flow path upstream of a fixed position of the throttle section of the transition piece for cooling the throttle section,

the cooling device comprising:

an injection section that injects a cooling fluid toward the opening portion; and

a guide section that is provided with a direction change piece and that is configured to change an injection direction of the cooling fluid toward the throttle section, the direction change piece being spaced apart from the spring clip and being spaced apart from the throttle section,

wherein the throttle section is provided by projecting an inner surface of the transition piece toward the combustor basket.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling device cools the throttle section by injecting the cooling fluid to the throttle section.

3. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling device cools the throttle section by making a cooling fluid flow along the surface of the throttle section.

4. The combustor according to claim 3 , wherein the cooling device makes the cooling fluid flow along the surface of the throttle section, wherein the surface of the throttle section is a surface of the throttle section facing the tip side of the combustor basket.

5. The combustor according to claim 3 , wherein the cooling device makes the cooling fluid flow along the surface of the throttle section, wherein the surface of the throttle section is a surface of the throttle section facing the base end side of the combustor basket.

6. A gas turbine comprising: the combustor according to claim 1 .

7. A combustor comprising:

a combustor basket in which compressed air and fuel are mixed to form a mixture with each other and the mixture is combusted;

a transition piece in which a tip portion of the combustor basket is inserted with a gap therebetween;

a spring clip that seals the gap between the combustor basket and the transition piece;

a throttle section that is provided in an opening portion of the gap, the opening portion opening on a tip side of the combustor basket to the transition piece, and narrows an opening area of the opening portion, compared to a base end side of the combustor basket; and

a cooling device for cooling the throttle section, wherein

the throttle section is tubular and has an L-shape as seen from a cross section parallel to an axis direction of the transition piece,

one end portion of the throttle section is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the transition piece and the other end portion of the throttle section is disposed in the opening portion, and

the cooling device injects a cooling fluid from a tip side position of the transition piece closer than a fixed position of the throttle section of the transition piece and is configured to make a cooling fluid flow along a surface of the throttle section to cool the throttle section.

8. The combustor according to claim 7 , wherein the throttle section is provided by projecting an inner surface of the transition piece toward the combustor basket.

9. The combustor according to claim 7 , wherein the cooling device has an injection section that injects the cooling fluid toward the opening portion, and a guide section that guides the injected cooling fluid toward the throttle section.

10. The combustor according to claim 7 , wherein the cooling device makes the cooling fluid flow along a surface of the throttle section facing the tip side of the combustor basket.

11. The combustor according to claim 7 , wherein the cooling device makes the cooling fluid flow along a surface of the throttle section facing the base end side of the combustor basket.

12. A gas turbine comprising: the combustor according to claim 7 .

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 Jan 30, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034858/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2013
From: TAKIGUCHI, SATOSHI; SAITO, KEIJIRO; MATSUMOTO, TERUHIRO; SATO, KENJI; TAMAI, HIDENOBU; MANDAI, SHIGEMI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031333/0292 →