IP Library Granted Patent US 12,449,130
Granted Patent B2
US 12,449,130 · App. 18/727,224 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Combustor and gas turbine

Inventors: Takashi Nishiumi (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Takami (Tokyo, JP); Akinori Ichikawa (Tokyo, JP); Norihiko Motoyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F23R3/286F23R3/283F05D2240/35
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Patent No.
US 12,449,130
App. No.
18/727,224
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustor that causes compressed air supplied from a compressor to combust together with fuel. The combustor includes at least one fuel nozzle having a fuel flow path for supplying fuel and a purge air flow path for ejecting purge air. The combustor further includes a nozzle-securing part for securing at least one fuel nozzle; and a top hat body located on the outer peripheral side of at least part of the nozzle-securing part. The top hat body has a first internal flow path capable of supplying compressed air to the nozzle-securing part from a space on the outer peripheral side of the top hat body. The nozzle-securing part has a second internal flow path capable of supplying compressed air supplied from the first internal flow path to the purge air flow path of the fuel nozzle.

Claims (70)

1. A combustor that combusts compressed air supplied from a compressor together with fuel, the combustor comprising:

at least one fuel nozzle that has a substantially cylindrical nozzle body, a fuel flow path for supplying the fuel, and a purge air flow path for jetting purge air, the purge air flow path extending along an interior of the nozzle body along a central axis of the nozzle body and having an outlet formed at a tip of the nozzle body;

a nozzle fixing part for fixing the at least one fuel nozzle; and

a top hat body that surrounds an outer circumference of the nozzle body and that is disposed on an outer peripheral side of at least a part of the nozzle fixing part,

wherein the top hat body has a first internal flow path through which the compressed air is supplied from a space on the outer peripheral side to the nozzle fixing part, and

the nozzle fixing part has a second internal flow path through which the compressed air supplied from the first internal flow path is supplied to the purge air flow path of the at least one fuel nozzle.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first internal flow path has a first inlet that is an inlet of the first internal flow path and a first outlet that is an outlet located on a radial inner side of the combustor with respect to the first inlet, and

the first outlet is formed in an inner peripheral part of the top hat body that faces the nozzle fixing part.

3. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second internal flow path has a second inlet that is an inlet of the second internal flow path and a second outlet that is an outlet connected to the purge air flow path of the at least one fuel nozzle, and

the second inlet is formed in an outer peripheral part of the nozzle fixing part that faces the top hat body.

4. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second internal flow path is connected to the first internal flow path in a one-to-one manner.

5. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the top hat body has a third internal flow path for supplying the fuel to a flow path jetting nozzle fixed to the top hat body, and

the first internal flow path intersects the third internal flow path when viewed from a circumferential direction of the combustor.

6. A gas turbine comprising:

the compressor;

the combustor according to claim 1 ; and

a turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas from the combustor.

7. The combustor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fuel flow path extends along the interior of the nozzle body.

8. A combustor that combusts compressed air supplied from a compressor together with fuel, the combustor comprising:

a plurality of fuel nozzles that each have a fuel flow path for supplying the fuel and a purge air flow path for jetting purge air;

a nozzle fixing part for fixing the plurality of fuel nozzles; and

a top hat body that is disposed on an outer peripheral side of at least a part of the nozzle fixing part,

wherein the top hat body has a first internal flow path through which the compressed air is supplied from a space on the outer peripheral side to the nozzle fixing part,

the nozzle fixing part has a plurality of second internal flow paths through which the compressed air supplied from the first internal flow path is supplied to the purge air flow path of each of the plurality of fuel nozzles,

wherein the top hat body and the nozzle fixing part define a cavity extending in a circumferential direction between the top hat body and the nozzle fixing part,

the nozzle fixing part fixes the plurality of fuel nozzles in the circumferential direction, and

the plurality of second internal flow paths are in fluid communication with the cavity extending in the circumferential direction.

9. The combustor according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first internal flow path has a first inlet that is an inlet of the first internal flow path and a first outlet that is an outlet located on a radial inner side of the combustor with respect to the first inlet,

each of the plurality of second internal flow paths has a second inlet that is an inlet of the second internal flow path and a second outlet that is an outlet connected to the purge air flow path of a respective one of the plurality of fuel nozzles, and

the second inlet is provided at a position different from a position of the first outlet when viewed from a radial direction of the combustor.

10. The combustor according to claim 8 ,

wherein each of the plurality of second internal flow paths has a second inlet that is an inlet of the second internal flow path and a second outlet that is an outlet connected to the purge air flow path of a respective one of the plurality of fuel nozzles, and

a flow path cross-sectional area of the cavity at a downstream side end part in an axial direction of the cavity when viewed from the axial direction of the combustor is smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the cavity at a position of the second inlet in the axial direction.

11. The combustor according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first internal flow path is one of a plurality of first internal flow paths formed in the top hat body, and the plurality of second internal flow paths are connected to the plurality of first internal flow paths in a one-to-one manner.

12. The combustor according to claim 8 ,

wherein the top hat body has a third internal flow path for supplying the fuel to a flow path jetting nozzle fixed to the top hat body, and

the first internal flow path intersects the third internal flow path when viewed from a circumferential direction of the combustor.

13. A gas turbine comprising:

the compressor;

the combustor according to claim 8 ; and

a turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas from the combustor.

14. A combustor that combusts compressed air supplied from a compressor together with fuel, the combustor comprising:

a combustion cylinder;

at least one fuel nozzle that has a fuel flow path for supplying the fuel, and a purge air flow path for jetting purge air, the at least one fuel nozzle being disposed in the combustion cylinder such that a central axis of the at least one fuel nozzle is parallel to a central axis of the combustion cylinder, the purge air flow path extending along the central axis of the at least one fuel nozzle;

a nozzle fixing part for fixing the at least one fuel nozzle; and

a top hat body that is disposed on an outer peripheral side of at least a part of the nozzle fixing part,

wherein the top hat body has a first internal flow path through which the compressed air is supplied from a space on the outer peripheral side to the nozzle fixing part, and

the nozzle fixing part has a second internal flow path through which the compressed air supplied from the first internal flow path is supplied to the purge air flow path of the at least one fuel nozzle.

15. The combustor according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first internal flow path has a first inlet that is an inlet of the first internal flow path and a first outlet that is an outlet located on a radial inner side of the combustor with respect to the first inlet, and

the first outlet is formed in an inner peripheral part of the top hat body that faces the nozzle fixing part.

16. The combustor according to claim 14 ,

wherein the second internal flow path has a second inlet that is an inlet of the second internal flow path and a second outlet that is an outlet connected to the purge air flow path of the at least one fuel nozzle, and

the second inlet is formed in an outer peripheral part of the nozzle fixing part that faces the top hat body.

17. The combustor according to claim 14 ,

wherein the second internal flow path is connected to the first internal flow path in a one-to-one manner.

18. The combustor according to claim 14 ,

wherein the top hat body has a third internal flow path for supplying the fuel to a flow path jetting nozzle fixed to the top hat body, and

the first internal flow path intersects the third internal flow path when viewed from a circumferential direction of the combustor.

19. A gas turbine comprising:

the compressor;

the combustor according to claim 14 ; and

a turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas from the combustor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2024
From: NISHIUMI, TAKASHI; TAKAMI, YUSUKE; ICHIKAWA, AKINORI; MOTOYAMA, NORIHIKO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067932/0921 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-007824 · Jan 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250093033A1 · Mar 20, 2025
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