EP2748444A2 - Chambre de combustion annulaire en forme de boîte présentant des buses de carburant-air étagées et tangentielles, en vue d'une utilisation sur des moteurs à turbine à gaz - Google Patents

Chambre de combustion annulaire en forme de boîte présentant des buses de carburant-air étagées et tangentielles, en vue d'une utilisation sur des moteurs à turbine à gaz

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EP2748444A2
EP2748444A2 EP20110871243 EP11871243A EP2748444A2 EP 2748444 A2 EP2748444 A2 EP 2748444A2 EP 20110871243 EP20110871243 EP 20110871243 EP 11871243 A EP11871243 A EP 11871243A EP 2748444 A2 EP2748444 A2 EP 2748444A2
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nozzles
annular combustor
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Majed Toqan
Brent Allan Gregory
Jonathan David Regele
Ryan Sadao Yamane
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/28—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the fuel supply
    • F23R3/34—Feeding into different combustion zones
    • F23R3/346—Feeding into different combustion zones for staged combustion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/44—Combustion chambers comprising a single tubular flame tube within a tubular casing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/58—Cyclone or vortex type combustion chambers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/50—Combustion chambers comprising an annular flame tube within an annular casing

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  • This invention relates to devices in gas turbine engines that aid in containing and producing the combustion of a fuel and air mixture.
  • Such devices include but are not limited to fuel-air nozzles, combustor liners and casings and flow transition pieces that are used in military and commercial aircraft, power generation, and other gas turbine related applications.
  • Gas turbine engines include machinery that extracts work from combustion gases flowing at very high temperatures, pressures and velocity. The extracted work can be used to drive a generator for power generation or for providing the required thrust for an aircraft.
  • a typical gas turbine engine consists of a multistage compressor where the atmospheric air is compressed to high pressures. The compressed air is then mixed at a specified fuel/air ratio in a combustor wherein its temperature is increased. The high temperature and pressure combustion gases are then expanded through a turbine to extract work so as to provide the required thrust or drive a generator depending on the application.
  • the turbine includes at least a single stage with each stage consisting of a row of blades and a row of vanes. The blades are circumferentially distributed on a rotating hub with the height of each blade covering the hot gas flow path. Each stage of non-rotating vanes is placed circumferentially, which also extends across the hot gas flow path.
  • the included invention involves the combustor of gas turbine engines and components that introduce the fuel and air into the said device.
  • the combustor portion of a gas turbine engine can be of several different types: can/tubular, annular, and a combination of the two forming a can-annular combustor. It is in this component that the compressed fuel-air mixture passes through fuel-air swirlers or nozzles and a combustion reaction of the mixture takes place, creating a hot gas flow causing it to drop in density and accelerate downstream.
  • the can type combustor typically comprises of individual, circumferentially spaced cans that contain the flame of each nozzle separately. Flow from each can is then directed through a duct and combined in an annular transition piece before it enters the first stage vane.
  • annular combustor In the annular combustor type, fuel-air nozzles are typically distributed circumferentially and introduce the mixture into a single annular chamber where combustion takes place. Flow simply exits the downstream end of the annulus into the first stage turbine, without the need for a transition piece.
  • a can- annular combustor The key difference of the last type, a can- annular combustor, is that it has individual cans encompassed by an annular casing that contains the air being fed into each can. Each variation has its benefits and disadvantages, depending on the application.
  • a fuel air nozzle can take on different configurations such as single to multiple annular inlets with swirling vanes on each one.
  • a typical method for cooling the combustor is effusion cooling, implemented by surrounding the combustion liner with an additional, offset liner, which between the two, compressor discharge air passes through and enters the hot gas flow path through dilution holes and cooling passages. This technique removes heat from the component as well as forms a thin boundary layer film of cool air between the liner and the combusting gases, preventing heat transfer to the liner.
  • the dilution holes serve two purposes depending on its axial position on the liner: a dilution hole closer to the fuel-air nozzles will aid in the mixing of the gases to enhance combustion as well as provide unburned air for combustion, second, a hole that is placed closer to the turbine will cool the hot gas flow and can be designed to manipulate the combustor outlet temperature profile.
  • the invention consists of a typical can-annular combustor with fuel and air nozzles and/or dilution holes that introduce the compressor discharge air and pressurized fuel into the combustor at various locations in the longitudinal and circumferential directions.
  • the original feature of the invention is that the fuel and air nozzles are placed in such a way as to create an environment with enhanced mixing of combustion reactants and products.
  • the combustor will improve gas turbine emission levels, thus reducing the need for emission control devices as well as minimize the environmental impact of such devices.
  • the tangentially firing fuel and fuel-air nozzles directs any initial flame fronts to the adjacent burner nozzles in each can, greatly enhancing the ignition process of the combustor.
  • FIG. 1 is a two-dimensional sketch showing the can-annular arrangement with the nozzles that attach to the outer can liner injecting fuel and air into a common plane;
  • FIG. 2 is a two-dimensional sketch showing the general idea of the tangential nozzles applied to the can in a can-annular combustor;
  • FIG. 3 is an isometric side view of the upstream portion of an example configuration of the said invention;
  • FIG. 4A is an isometric cutaway view of the invention.
  • FIG. 4B is a close up view of the image from FIG. 4A;
  • FIG. 5 is a section view showing section A- A as defined in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a section view showing section B-B as defined in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of the general arrangement of a can-annular combustor with the can 1 spaced circumferentially on a common radius, all cans of which are enclosed between a cylindrical outer liner 2 and a cylindrical inner liner 3.
  • the FIG. also shows the tangential nozzle arrangement of the cans.
  • FIG. 2 shows the can in more detail.
  • a can liner 4 forms the can volume, with fuel/air nozzles 5 injecting either fuel or air.
  • the nozzles form an angle 8 between the nozzle centerline 6 and a line tangent to the can liner 4 that intersections with the nozzle centerline 6. This angle defines the circumferential direction of the nozzles.
  • FIG. 2 also shows the general operation of the can in the example can-annular combustor configuration, where the fuel or air 9 is injected into the cans 1 at an angle 8.
  • These tangentially directed nozzles result in flow from each nozzle interacting with the downstream and adjacent nozzle. This key feature enhances ignition and reduces the issue of piloting multiple burner nozzles by allowing the flame to be directed from one nozzle to ignite the fuel at the adjacent and downstream nozzle.
  • FIG. 3 shows the beginning or upstream portion of an example can with the downstream portion excluded.
  • the said invention will have a plurality of nozzle rows that are spaced along the longitudinal direction of the can.
  • Each row of nozzles 12, 13 may have at least one nozzle and can be offset by a circumferential angle from adjacent nozzle rows.
  • the nozzles 12 in the row close to the front wall 15 inject pure/mostly fuel into the can in a manner previously described, where as nozzles 13 downstream of these inject pure compressor discharge air or a fuel-air mixture into the can in a similar manner.
  • the can may also have several rows of circumferentially spaced holes 14 or passages for cooling air to enter the can at any location.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show how nozzles 12, 13 from each set of nozzles may be offset by a circumferential angle.
  • the different rows of nozzles allows for the separate injection of the fuel and air creating a zone of combusting reactants near the front wall that does not see a high oxygen concentration, which in effect will reduce peak flame temperatures. Flue gases that travel upstream towards the front wall will be diluted from combustion products, making it possible for the combusting reactants to see a lower oxygen concentration. This combustion environment created by the staged fuel and air nozzles makes the reduced emissions possible.

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un dispositif de combustion utilisé dans des moteurs à turbine à gaz pour produire une propulsion ou pour faire tourner un arbre pour la production d'énergie, qui comprend une chambre de combustion de forme annulaire munie d'un système de passages d'entrée de carburant et d'air et de buses qui a pour effet un environnement de combustion optimal du carburant et de l'air. Le carburant, l'air et/ou les entrées de carburant et d'air sont placés en différents points de la longueur et répartis sur la circonférence et dirigent le flux tangentiellement ou à peu près tangentiellement au revêtement de la boîte. Le dispositif de combustion produit un mélange optimal du carburant et de l'air, il crée un environnement de combustion qui réduit les émissions de polluants, il réduit la nécessité de dispositifs de commande de la pollution qui sont coûteux, améliore l'allumage et la stabilité de la flamme, réduit les difficultés de pilotage et améliore la réduction des vibrations.
EP11871243.9A 2011-08-22 2011-08-22 Chambre de combustion annulaire en forme de boîte présentant des buses de carburant-air étagées et tangentielles, en vue d'une utilisation sur des moteurs à turbine à gaz Active EP2748444B1 (fr)

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