IP Library Granted Patent US 9,644,540
Granted Patent B2
US 9,644,540 · App. 14/419,728 · Granted May 9, 2017

Collector and gas turbine plant provided with same

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,644,540
App. No.
14/419,728
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collector 3 that collects particles P contained in a fluid includes: a bent pipe 31 that guides the fluid flowing from a first direction X in a second direction Z; a branch pipe 32 that causes the fluid guided in the second direction Z to branch into the second direction Z and a third direction Y; a collection pipe 34 in which the particles P in the fluid guided in the second direction Z by the branch pipe 32 are collected; and a reduction-expansion pipe 33 which is arranged between the bent pipe 31 and the branch pipe 32 and of which the flow path is narrowed while being biased to an inlet side of the bent pipe 31.

Claims (26)

1. A gas turbine plant comprising:

a gas turbine having a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor;

a gas line that supplies gas fuel as a fluid to the combustor; and

a collector that collects particles contained in the fluid, the collector being arranged in the gas line and comprising:

a bent pipe that turns the direction of the fluid flowing in a first direction to a second direction that is directed to a vertically lower side than the first direction;

a reduction-expansion pipe that is connected to an outlet of the bent pipe and expands a flow path of the fluid flowing in the second direction after reducing the flow path of the fluid;

a branch pipe that is connected to an outlet of the reduction-expansion pipe and causes the fluid flowing in the second direction to branch into the second direction and a third direction that is a direction different from the second direction; and

a collection part that is connected to an outlet of the branch pipe on the second direction side and collects the particles in the fluid,

wherein a flow path reduction part in the reduction-expansion pipe is eccentric with respect to a center of an inlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe, and when viewed in the second direction, an eccentric position of the flow path reduction part is within a range of 90° to 270° from the first direction, with the center of the inlet opening as a reference.

2. The collector according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when viewed in the second direction, the third direction is within a range of 90° to 270° from the eccentric position of the flow path reduction part, with a center of an outlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe as a reference.

3. The collector according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when viewed in the second direction, an outlet of the branch pipe on the third direction side is opposite to the eccentric position of the flow path reduction part, with a center of an outlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe as a reference.

4. A gas turbine plant comprising:

a gas turbine having a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor;

a gas line that supplies gas fuel as a fluid to the combustor; and

a collector that collects particles contained in the fluid, the collector being arranged in the gas line and comprising:

a bent pipe that turns the direction of the fluid flowing in a first direction to a second direction that is directed to a vertically lower side than the first direction;

a reduction-expansion pipe that is connected to an outlet of the bent pipe and expands a flow path of the fluid flowing in the second direction after reducing the flow path of the fluid;

a branch pipe that is connected to an outlet of the reduction-expansion pipe and causes the fluid flowing in the second direction to branch into the second direction and a third direction that is a direction different from the second direction; and

a collection part that is connected to an outlet of the branch pipe on the second direction side and collects the particles in the fluid,

wherein, when viewed in the second direction, a flow path reduction part in the reduction-expansion pipe is eccentric toward a side in a radial direction from a center of an inlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe, the inlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe being an outlet side of the bent pipe, with the center of the inlet opening as a reference.

5. The collector according to claim 4 ,

wherein, when viewed in the second direction, the third direction is within a range of 90° to 270° from an eccentric position of the flow path reduction part, with a center of an outlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe as a reference.

6. The collector according to claim 4 ,

wherein, when viewed in the second direction, an outlet of the branch pipe on the third direction side is opposite to an eccentric position of the flow path reduction part, with a center of an outlet opening of the reduction-expansion pipe as a reference.

Assignments (3)
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 5, 2015
From: YAMAGUCHI, AKINORI; HIGASHI, KAZUYA; KUSHIOKA, KIYONORI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034899/0521 →