Diffuser of a thermal energy machine and thermal energy machine

1. A diffuser of a thermal energy machine, comprising:

a diffuser inlet,

a diffuser outlet disposed axially downstream of and radially outward of the diffuser inlet relative to a machine longitudinal central axis, and

a multiplicity of air guiding elements, wherein

an air mass flow enters the diffuser through the diffuser inlet, and wherein the air mass flow that has entered the diffuser leaves the diffuser via the diffuser outlet, and issues via the multiplicity of air guiding elements, a multiplicity of circumferentially adjacent air mass partial flows, wherein

each air mass partial flow of the multiplicity of circumferentially adjacent air mass partial flows leaves the diffuser at an outflow angle, wherein

each outflow angle is included in a vector that comprises an inclination angle relative to a circumferential surface formed by the diffuser outlet, wherein

least two immediately adjacent air guiding elements of the multiplicity of air guiding elements have respective circumferential positions at the diffuser outlet that differ from one another, and wherein the respective inclination angles of the at least two immediately adjacent air guiding elements, chosen in relation to the circumferential surface, are chosen in dependence on the respective circumferential position at the diffuser outlet and relative to an inlet of a downstream combustor of a gas turbine, and two air guiding elements of the multiplicity of air guiding elements, arranged immediately adjacent to a common adjacent air guiding element, provide different inclination angles with respect to the common immediately adjacent air guiding element.

2. The diffuser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the respective outflow angle of the at least two immediately adjacent air guiding elements are chosen in further dependence on a flow outlet angle of the air mass flow of an upstream compressor of the gas turbine.

3. The diffuser as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein mutually opposite air guiding elements of the multiplicity of air guiding elements at the diffuser outlet have mutually different outflow angles.

4. The diffuser as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the diffuser is configured as a diagonal annular diffuser.

5. A thermal energy machine, comprising:

a compressor for compressing an air mass flow flowing in an axial flow direction along the machine longitudinal central axis,

a diffuser as claimed in claim 1 axially downstream of the compressor, and

two mutually opposite silo combustion chambers that are arranged radially further outward,

wherein a diffuser outlet region formed by a casing of the thermal energy machine discharges radially into supply ducts leading to the silo combustion chambers such that the air mass flow leaving the diffuser flows into the supply ducts via the diffuser outlet region.

6. The diffuser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermal energy machine comprises the gas turbine.

7. The thermal energy machine as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the thermal energy machine comprises the gas turbine.

8. The thermal energy machine as claimed in claim 5 , comprising at least four different inclination angles.

9. A thermal energy machine, comprising:

a compressor for compressing an air mass flow flowing in an axial flow direction along the machine longitudinal central axis,

a diffuser as claimed in claim 1 axially downstream of the compressor, and

a silo combustion chamber arranged radially further outward,

wherein a diffuser outlet region formed by a casing of the thermal energy machine discharges radially into a supply duct leading to the silo combustion chamber such that the air mass flow leaving the diffuser flows into the supply duct via the diffuser outlet region.