IP Library Granted Patent US 11,346,556
Granted Patent B2
US 11,346,556 · App. 16/980,904 · Granted May 31, 2022

Combustor having inner and outer tubular oxygen nozzles about a tubular fuel supply unit

Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakao (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Takiguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F23R3/20F02C3/30F23R3/26F23R3/346F02C3/22F23R3/286F23R3/343
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Patent No.
US 11,346,556
App. No.
16/980,904
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustor includes a fuel supply unit defining on a radially inner side of an axis an inner peripheral side space into which inert gas is introduced and which is configured to supply the inert gas to a combustion cylinder, and defining on a radially outer side an outer peripheral side space into which the inert gas is introduced and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder; an inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the inner peripheral side space; an outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the outer peripheral side space; and an adjustment unit that is configured to adjust the relative amounts of the oxygen supplied by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and the oxygen supplied by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit.

Claims (34)

1. A combustor comprising:

a combustion cylinder having a tubular shape centered on an axis;

a fuel supply unit that has a tubular shape centered on the axis and is configured to inject fuel from an upstream side with respect to the combustion cylinder,

the fuel supply unit defining an inner peripheral side space into which an inert gas is introduced on a radially inner side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder and defining an outer peripheral side space into which the inert gas is introduced on a radially outer side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder;

an inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the inner peripheral side space;

an outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the outer peripheral side space; and

an adjustment unit that is configured to adjust relative amounts of the oxygen supplied by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and the oxygen supplied by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit,

wherein the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit has a tubular inner peripheral side nozzle that extends in an axial direction, and a plurality of inner peripheral oxygen injection holes disposed at a tip of the inner peripheral side nozzle, and the plurality of inner peripheral oxygen injection holes are disposed as close to the radially outer side as possible, and

wherein the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit has a tubular outer peripheral side nozzle that extends in the axial direction, and a plurality of outer peripheral oxygen injection holes disposed at a tip of the outer peripheral side nozzle, and the plurality of outer peripheral oxygen injection holes are disposed as close to the radially inner side as possible.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the adjustment unit is configured to individually adjust a supply amount of the oxygen supplied from the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and a supply amount of the oxygen supplied from the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit.

3. A combustor comprising:

a combustion cylinder having a tubular shape centered on an axis;

a fuel supply unit that has a tubular shape centered on the axis and is configured to inject fuel from an upstream side with respect to the combustion cylinder,

the fuel supply unit defining an inner peripheral side space into which an inert gas is introduced on a radially inner side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder and defining an outer peripheral side space into which the inert gas is introduced on a radially outer side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder;

an inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the inner peripheral side space;

an outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the outer peripheral side space; and

an adjustment unit that is configured to adjust relative amounts of the oxygen supplied by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and the oxygen supplied by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit,

wherein the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit has a tubular inner peripheral side nozzle that extends in an axial direction, and a plurality of inner peripheral oxygen injection holes disposed at a tip of the inner peripheral side nozzle,

wherein the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit has a tubular outer peripheral side nozzle that extends in the axial direction, and a plurality of outer peripheral oxygen injection holes disposed at a tip of the outer peripheral side nozzle, and

wherein positions of the plurality of inner peripheral oxygen injection holes in the axial direction are different from positions of the plurality of outer peripheral oxygen injection holes in the axial direction.

4. The combustor according to claim 3 ,

wherein the positions of the plurality of inner peripheral oxygen injection holes in the axial direction are disposed downstream with respect to the positions of the plurality of outer peripheral oxygen injection holes in the axial direction.

5. A combustor comprising:

a combustion cylinder having a tubular shape centered on an axis;

a fuel supply unit that has a tubular shape centered on the axis and is configured to inject fuel from an upstream side with respect to the combustion cylinder,

the fuel supply unit defining an inner peripheral side space into which an inert gas is introduced on a radially inner side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder and defining an outer peripheral side space into which the inert gas is introduced on a radially outer side around the axis and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder;

an inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the inner peripheral side space;

an outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the outer peripheral side space;

an adjustment unit that is configured to adjust relative amounts of the oxygen supplied by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and the oxygen supplied by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit; and

a CO concentration measurement device that is configured to measure a CO concentration of a combustion gas flowing in the combustion cylinder,

wherein the adjustment unit

increases a supply amount of the oxygen by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and decreases a supply amount of the oxygen by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit in a case where a CO concentration at a central portion in the combustion cylinder is higher than a CO concentration on the radially outer side in the combustion cylinder, and

decreases the supply amount of the oxygen by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and increases the supply amount of the oxygen by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit in a case where the CO concentration at the central portion in the combustion cylinder is lower than the CO concentration on the radially outer side in the combustion cylinder.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059699/0992 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056100/0164 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2020
From: NAKAO, MITSUHIRO; TAKIGUCHI, SATOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053771/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-053512 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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