IP Library Granted Patent US 9,939,158
Granted Patent B2
US 9,939,158 · App. 14/770,638 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Combustor with ring part having protrusions and gas turbine including the combustor

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Patent No.
US 9,939,158
App. No.
14/770,638
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustor includes a first tube which supplies fuel and air from an opening formed in a distal end thereof, and a second tube which is configured such that flames are formed on an inner circumferential side thereof by the fuel and the air and the distal end of the first tube is inserted into an inner circumferential side of a proximal end thereof. The first tube includes a first tube main body and a ring part forming the distal end of the first tube. The ring part has a main body of a tubular shape and a plurality of protrusions that are integrally formed with the main body on an outer circumferential surface of the main body and protrude radially outward. When viewed in an axial direction, the outer circumferential surface of the main body has a polygonal cross-sectional shape within a range within which the protrusions are formed.

Claims (17)

1. A combustor comprising:

a first tube which supplies fuel and air from an opening formed in a distal end thereof; and

a second tube which is configured such that the distal end of the first tube is inserted into an inner circumferential side of a proximal end thereof,

wherein:

the first tube includes a first tube main body and a ring part forming the distal end of the first tube,

the ring part has a main body of a tubular shape and protrusions that are integrally formed with the main body on an outer circumferential surface of the main body and protrude radially outward,

when viewed in an axial direction along an axis of the first tube, the outer circumferential surface of the main body has a polygonal cross-sectional shape within a range within which the protrusions are formed, and

the main body includes a polygonal ring part on which the protrusions are formed, and a restrictor part at a distal end side relative to the polygonal ring part and an outer circumferential surface of which is formed in a cylindrical shape at a radially outer circumferential side relative to an outer circumferential surface of the polygonal ring part.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are formed in centers of outer circumferential planes of the polygonal ring part in a circumferential direction.

3. The combustor according to claim 2 , wherein, when viewed in a radial direction along a radius of the first tube, each of the protrusions has a spindle cross-sectional shape along the axial direction.

4. A gas turbine comprising:

the combustor according to claim 2 ; and

a turbine driven by a combustion gas delivered from the second tube of the combustor.

5. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed in a radial direction along a radius of the first tube, each of the protrusions has a spindle cross-sectional shape along the axial direction.

6. A gas turbine comprising:

the combustor according to claim 1 ; and

a turbine driven by a combustion gas delivered from the second tube of the combustor.

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 Aug 26, 2015
From: TANIGUCHI, KENTA; MOTOYAMA, NORIHIKO; NAKAMURA, YOSHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036429/0314 →