IP Library Granted Patent US 11,143,404
Granted Patent B2
US 11,143,404 · App. 16/088,244 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Combustor and gas turbine

Inventors: Taehwan Kim (Tokyo, JP); Keijiro Saito (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Akamatsu (Yokohama, JP); Kenji Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
F23R3/14F02C7/04F02C7/22F23R3/10F23R3/28
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Patent No.
US 11,143,404
App. No.
16/088,244
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a combustor including a nozzle main body ( 16 ) that includes a shaft body ( 24 ) which extends along an axis and has, inside the shaft body ( 24 ), a purge air flow path ( 29 ), which extends along the axis to a tip portion of the shaft body ( 24 ) and into which compressed air is introduced, and an air spraying hole ( 39 ), which is formed in the tip portion of the shaft body ( 24 ) and connects the purge air flow path ( 29 ) to an outer surface of the shaft body ( 24 ), a swirling blade ( 26 ), which overhangs from an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body ( 24 ) in a diameter direction of the axis and swirls a fluid flowing to a downstream side of an axial direction around the axis, and a fuel spraying hole ( 38 ), and a sealing member ( 40 ) that seals the air spraying hole ( 39 ) and is formed of a metal having a melting point lower than a melting point of a metal forming the nozzle main body ( 16 ).

Claims (15)

1. A combustor comprising:

a nozzle main body that includes:

a shaft body which extends along an axis and has, inside the shaft body, a purge air flow path, which extends along the axis to a tip portion of the shaft body and is configured to allow a compressed air flow, an air spraying hole formed in the tip portion of the shaft body, and a fuel flow path which is configured to allow a fuel flow,

a swirling blade, which overhangs from an outer surface of the shaft body in a radial direction of the shaft body, wherein the radial direction is perpendicular to the axis, and which swirls a fluid flowing along the axis from an upstream end of the shaft body to a downstream end of the shaft body along an axial direction, and

a fuel spraying hole which is formed in the swirling blade, the fuel spraying hole connected to the fuel flow path and configured to inject the fuel flow; and

a sealing member that seals the air spraying hole,

wherein the sealing member is formed of a metal having a melting point lower than a melting point of a metal forming the nozzle main body,

wherein the tip portion of the shaft body is formed in a tapered shape tapering off toward the downstream end of the shaft body,

wherein the air spraying hole is configured to connect the purge air flow path to the outer surface of the shaft body upon being opened by melting of the scaling member, and

wherein the air spraying hole is angled with respect to the axis, and is configured to inject the compressed air flow toward the downstream end of the shaft body.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member has a plate shape, is formed around an opening of the air spraying hole on the outer surface of the shaft body, and is joined to a recessed portion into which the sealing member can be fitted.

3. A gas turbine comprising:

the combustor according to claim 1 ;

a compressor that compresses air and supplies the air to the combustor; and

a turbine that is driven by a combustion gas formed by combustion of fuel in the combustor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056086/0373 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054344/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2018
From: KIM, TAEHWAN; SAITO, KEIJIRO; AKAMATSU, SHINJI; MIYAMOTO, KENJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046966/0036 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-067125 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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