IP Library Granted Patent US 8,938,969
Granted Patent B2
US 8,938,969 · App. 14/161,120 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Combustor and rotating machine

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Patent No.
US 8,938,969
App. No.
14/161,120
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustor includes: a combustor basket configured to surround a fuel nozzle from an outer circumferential side, and a plurality of connecting members formed in a circumferential direction at intervals to connect a rear end of the combustor basket and a casing and configured to define a flow path through which compressed air introduced into the combustor basket flows. A circulation direction of the compressed air flowing through the flow path is configured to be reversed at a rear end of the combustor basket and the compressed air is introduced into the fuel nozzle. The flow path is partially or entirely inclined in the circumferential direction to blow the compressed air.

Claims (23)

1. A combustor comprising:

a fuel nozzle comprising a pilot nozzle extending along an axis, and a plurality of main nozzles disposed in a circumferential direction of the axis at intervals and configured to inject fuel from at least one thereof;

a combustor basket configured to surround the fuel nozzle from an outer circumferential side; and

a plurality of connecting members provided on an upstream side of the axis with respect to the main nozzles, disposed such that a longitudinal direction of the connecting members is disposed in the axial direction of the combustor basket, and is fixed to be inclined in the circumferential direction as a short-length direction of the connecting members is disposed toward the outside in the radial direction of the combustor basket, installed in the circumferential direction at intervals to connect the rear end of the combustor basket and a casing, and configured to define a flow path through which compressed air introduced into the combustor basket flows,

wherein the connecting member is formed with a fuel path,

wherein a fuel injection hole is formed in a surface of the connecting member and is configured to inject fuel from the fuel path,

wherein a circulation direction of the compressed air flowing through the flow path is configured to be reversed at a rear end of the combustor basket, and the compressed air is introduced into the main nozzles, and

wherein the flow path is partially or entirely inclined in the circumferential direction to blow the compressed air.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein

the connecting member is a plate-shaped member, and an extending direction of the connecting member forms a predetermined angle with respect to a radial direction of the axis.

3. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of fuel injection holes are formed in the axial direction.

4. The combustor according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of fuel injection holes are formed in the axial direction.

5. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein

the connecting member is formed to be curved at a connecting section of the casing.

6. The combustor according to claim 2 , wherein

the connecting member is formed to be curved at a connecting section of the casing.

7. The combustor according to claim 3 , wherein

the connecting member is formed to be curved at a connecting section of the casing.

8. The combustor according to claim 4 , wherein

the connecting member is formed to be curved at a connecting section of the casing.

9. A rotating machine comprising the combustor according to claim 1 .

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 Jun 10, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052891/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: YUASA, ATSUSHI; SAITO, TOSHIHIKO; MIYAUCHI, KOTARO; SAITO, KEIJIRO; TAKIGUCHI, SATOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032619/0296 →