IP Library Granted Patent US 10,495,313
Granted Patent B2
US 10,495,313 · App. 15/188,185 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Full nozzle for gas turbine combustor

Inventors: Yoshihide Wadayama (Yokohama, JP); Satoshi Kumagai (Yokohama, JP); Yasuhiro Wada (Yokohama, JP); Hirokazu Takahashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
F23R3/343F02C7/222F02C7/228F23R3/283F23R3/286F05D2220/32F23R2900/00005F23R2900/00012F23R2900/00018
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Patent No.
US 10,495,313
App. No.
15/188,185
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel nozzle for gas turbine combustor of the present invention includes a diffusion combustion burner including a diffusion fuel nozzle, a premixing combustion burner including a premixing fuel nozzle, an end flange to which the diffusion combustion burner and the premixing combustion burner are mechanically joined, and a diffusion combustion burner support which fixes the diffusion combustion burner to the end flange and is mounted around the premixing fuel nozzle in a manner to cover a root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle, the root portion being a junction between the premixing fuel nozzle and the end flange. An outside diameter of the premixing fuel nozzle longitudinally varies in a manner to progressively increase toward the junction. A maximum diameter of the root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle is greater than an inside diameter of a hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support.

Claims (25)

1. A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine combustor, comprising:

a diffusion combustion burner including a diffusion fuel nozzle for spraying a diffusion combustion fuel into a combustion chamber;

a premixing combustion burner including a premixing fuel nozzle for spraying a premixing fuel into a premixer;

an end flange to which the diffusion combustion burner and the premixing combustion burner are mechanically joined; and

a diffusion combustion burner support which fixes the diffusion combustion burner to the end flange and is mounted around the premixing fuel nozzle in a manner to cover a first portion of the premixing fuel nozzle that includes a junction between the premixing fuel nozzle and the end flange,

wherein an outside diameter of the premixing fuel nozzle longitudinally varies in a manner to progressively increase toward the junction,

wherein a maximum diameter of the first portion of the premixing fuel nozzle is greater than a smallest inside diameter of a hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support, and

wherein the first portion of the premixing fuel nozzle is fillet welded to the end flange.

2. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outside diameter part of the premixing fuel nozzle includes the first portion which is the thickest, a step portion thinner than the first portion, and a distal end portion as thick as the step portion or thinner than the step portion.

3. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first portion and the step portion are located inside the hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support.

4. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 2 ,

wherein a boundary region between the first portion and the step portion has an arc shape.

5. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the step portion has a fillet shape.

6. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the outside diameter part of the premixing fuel nozzle includes the first portion in a linear shape, the step portion in a fillet shape, and the distal end portion in a tapered shape.

7. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 6 ,

wherein the step portion in the fillet shape includes a linear portion and a tapered portion.

8. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 4 ,

wherein an inside diameter part of the hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support has a shape conforming to a shape of the outside diameter part of the premixing fuel nozzle, and

wherein the hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support is in tight contact with the premixing fuel nozzle.

9. The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine combustor according to claim 4 ,

wherein the premixing fuel nozzle has a stress concentration factor of 2.35 or less at an area where the outside diameter part of the premixing fuel nozzle longitudinally and discontinuously varies.

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 Jun 21, 2016
From: WADAYAMA, YOSHIHIDE; KUMAGAI, SATOSHI; WADA, YASUHIRO; TAKAHASHI, HIROKAZU
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038973/0201 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-126543 · Jun 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160377294A1 · Dec 29, 2016