F23R3/28

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE, COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED TURBOMACHINE

The invention relates to an air/fuel injection system for a turbomachine, comprising: —an injector comprising a duct and an injection nose, arranged inside said duct, which extends from upstream to downstream along a longitudinal axis; —a mixer device comprising a bowl comprising an annular inlet, forming the inlet of the mixer device, from which there extends a conical portion flared in the downstream direction, said mixer device being arranged downstream of the injection nose; the injection system being characterized in that the injector comprises an air-injection annulus extending from the duct and from which there extends a connection ring comprising a divergent portion, said ring being arranged externally around the annular inlet of the mixer device.

COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH SAME

This combustor is provided with an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a direct injection nozzle, a tail pipe, and a base end side acoustic attenuator. The outer cylinder is disposed inside a gas turbine casing. The inner cylinder is disposed on the inner circumferential side of the outer cylinder. The direct injection nozzle is disposed on the inner circumferential side of the inner cylinder. The tail pipe is connected to the inner cylinder, and fuel injected from the direct injection nozzle is burned on the inner circumferential side of the tail pipe. The base end side acoustic attenuator has an outer cylinder formation portion that is a part of a plate forming the outer cylinder, and an acoustic cover forming a base end side space in the gas turbine casing on the outer circumferential side of the outer cylinder in cooperation with the outer cylinder formation portion.

COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH SAME

This combustor is provided with an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a direct injection nozzle, a tail pipe, and a base end side acoustic attenuator. The outer cylinder is disposed inside a gas turbine casing. The inner cylinder is disposed on the inner circumferential side of the outer cylinder. The direct injection nozzle is disposed on the inner circumferential side of the inner cylinder. The tail pipe is connected to the inner cylinder, and fuel injected from the direct injection nozzle is burned on the inner circumferential side of the tail pipe. The base end side acoustic attenuator has an outer cylinder formation portion that is a part of a plate forming the outer cylinder, and an acoustic cover forming a base end side space in the gas turbine casing on the outer circumferential side of the outer cylinder in cooperation with the outer cylinder formation portion.

NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH NOZZLE HEAD HAVING GUIDE ELEMENT
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The proposed solution relates to a nozzle assembly for a combustion chamber of an engine, having at least one nozzle, which includes a nozzle head that extends along a nozzle longitudinal axis and has at least one nozzle exit opening for injecting fuel into a combustion space of the combustion chamber, and at least one air-guiding duct, by way of which a swirl-affected air flow can be created in the direction of the combustion space along an outer lateral surface of the nozzle head.

At least one guide element which protrudes on the outer lateral surface of the nozzle head is in a flow path for the air flow of the at least one air-guiding duct and is configured to guide at least a part of the air flow radially inwards in relation to the nozzle longitudinal axis into a central injection region downstream of the nozzle exit opening.

Sectional fuel manifolds

A multipoint fuel injection system comprises an injection system segment including a circumferentially extending outer support defining a fuel manifold with a plurality of manifold passages extending circumferentially therethrough. A first connector is included at a first circumferential end of the outer support and a second connector is included at a second circumferential end of the outer support opposite the first circumferential end. The first and second connectors are each configured to connect each manifold passage with a manifold passages of a respective outer support of a circumferentially adjacent injection system segment. The system includes a circumferentially extending inner support and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart feed arms extending radially between the inner support and the outer support. A plurality of outlet openings extend in an axial direction from each feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles.

Sectional fuel manifolds

A multipoint fuel injection system comprises an injection system segment including a circumferentially extending outer support defining a fuel manifold with a plurality of manifold passages extending circumferentially therethrough. A first connector is included at a first circumferential end of the outer support and a second connector is included at a second circumferential end of the outer support opposite the first circumferential end. The first and second connectors are each configured to connect each manifold passage with a manifold passages of a respective outer support of a circumferentially adjacent injection system segment. The system includes a circumferentially extending inner support and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart feed arms extending radially between the inner support and the outer support. A plurality of outlet openings extend in an axial direction from each feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles.

Methods of operating a turbomachine combustor on hydrogen

A method of operating a combustor of a turbomachine on a total fuel input that contains a concentration of hydrogen that is greater than about 80% is provided. The method includes injecting a first mixture of air and a first fuel containing a first amount of hydrogen into the primary combustion zone of the combustor to generate a first flow of combustion gases having a first temperature. The method further includes injecting, with one or more premix injectors disposed downstream of the fuel nozzles, a second mixture of air and a second fuel containing a second amount of hydrogen into the secondary combustion zone of the combustor to generate a second flow of combustion gases having a second temperature. The method further includes separately injecting a third fuel into secondary combustion zone to generate a third flow of combustion gases having a third temperature.

Ferrule for fuel-air mixer assembly

A ferrule in a fuel-air mixer assembly. The ferrule includes a body having (i) a plurality of channels having sidewalls, the plurality of channels leading to a corresponding plurality of exit openings, the plurality of channels configured to guide a first airflow therein and (ii) a plurality of cascade holes formed within the sidewalls of the plurality of channels and defining a plurality of passageways therein that are transverse to the plurality of channels. The ferrule also includes a plurality of airflow modifiers provided within the plurality of channels. The plurality airflow modifiers are configured to reduce a velocity of the first airflow when the first airflow exits through the plurality of exit openings and to generate low velocity vortex pairs to reduce interaction of the first airflow with a second airflow provided through primary vanes located downstream of the plurality of exit openings of the plurality of channels.

BURNER ASSEMBLY, GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR, AND GAS TURBINE

A burner assembly includes a plurality of bumers for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: at least one fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; and a mixing passage into which the fuel injected from the at least one fuel nozzle and the air are introduced. Each fuel nozzle includes a protruding portion protruding upstream of an inlet of the mixing passage in a flow direction of the air. Each fuel nozzle includes a fuel injection hole formed on a side surface of the protruding portion. At least a portion of a first air passage for flowing the air is formed inside the protruding portion. The first air passage includes: an inlet formed on a surface of the protruding portion on an upstream side of the fuel injection hole in the flow direction of the air; and an outlet formed on a side surface of the protruding portion or a passage wall of the mixing passage. At least a portion of the outlet is formed downstream of the fuel injection hole in the flow direction of the air.

Premixer injector assembly in gas turbine engine

A premixer injector assembly in a gas turbine engine includes at least one premixer injector. The premixer injector includes a fuel tube having a fuel feed passage enclosed by an outer surface, a plurality of fins coupled to the fuel tube extending from the outer surface of the fuel feed passage, the outer surface of the fuel feed passage between adjacent fins having a concave shape, a plurality of mixing channels defined between adjacent fins, a plurality of fuel injection apertures disposed along the fuel feed passage to direct fuel from the fuel feed passage to the mixing channels, an air tube coupled to the fuel tube to at least partially enclose the fuel tube, and a plurality of air injection openings arranged along the air tube to inject air to the mixing channels.