IP Library Granted Patent US 12,553,394
Granted Patent B2
US 12,553,394 · App. 18/886,005 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Gas turbine combustor having a first combustion zone receiving multiple fuels and a second combustion zone receiving a fuel not containing nitrogen atoms

Inventors: Shintaro Ito (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Uchida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
F02C9/263F02C9/28F02C9/40F23R3/34F23R3/346F23R3/36F23R3/14F23R3/286
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Patent No.
US 12,553,394
App. No.
18/886,005
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustion system includes: a combustor including a first combustion region and a second combustion region continuous with the first combustion region on a downstream side thereof; a first burner including an injection portion of ammonia as first fuel, the injection portion facing the first combustion region, and a first injection portion of second fuel not containing nitrogen atoms, the first injection portion facing the first combustion region; a second burner including a second injection portion of the second fuel, the second injection portion facing the second combustion region; and a control device that adjusts a second fuel flow rate ratio between a flow rate of the second fuel injected from the first injection portion and a flow rate of the second fuel injected from the second injection portion.

Claims (31)

1 . A combustion system comprising:

a combustor including a first combustion region and a second combustion region continuous with the first combustion region on a downstream side of the first combustion region;

a first burner including an injection portion of ammonia as first fuel, the injection portion of ammonia facing the first combustion region, and a first injection portion of second fuel not containing nitrogen atoms, the first injection portion facing the first combustion region;

a second burner including a second injection portion of the second fuel, the second injection portion facing the second combustion region; and

a control device that adjusts a second fuel flow rate ratio that is a ratio between a flow rate of the second fuel injected from the first injection portion and a flow rate of the second fuel injected from the second injection portion,

wherein in a case where a temperature of the first combustion region is lower than an upper limit temperature, the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio such that all the second fuel supplied to the combustor is injected from the first injection portion and that the second fuel is not injected from the second injection portion, and

wherein in a case where the temperature of the first combustion region reaches the upper limit temperature, the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio such that a part of the second fuel supplied to the combustor is injected from the second injection portion.

2 . The combustion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of the temperature of the first combustion region.

3 . The combustion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a co-firing ratio that is a ratio of a calorific value of the ammonia to a total calorific value of the ammonia and the second fuel.

4 . The combustion system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a co-firing ratio that is a ratio of a calorific value of the ammonia to a total calorific value of the ammonia and the second fuel.

5 . The combustion system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an engine including the combustor,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a load of the engine.

6 . The combustion system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an engine including the combustor,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a load of the engine.

7 . The combustion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a total calorific value of the ammonia and the second fuel.

8 . The combustion system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control device adjusts the second fuel flow rate ratio on a basis of a total calorific value of the ammonia and the second fuel.

9 . The combustion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first burner comprises:

an injection portion of air, the injection portion of air facing the first combustion region; and

a swirling portion that swirls the air injected from the injection portion of air.

10 . The combustion system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first burner comprises:

an injection portion of air, the injection portion of air facing the first combustion region; and

a swirling portion that swirls the air injected from the injection portion of air.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2024
From: ITO, SHINTARO; UCHIDA, MASAHIRO
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068594/0523 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-049708 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022045091 · Dec 7, 2022
Related Publication 20250003594A1 · Jan 2, 2025
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