F23R2900/00001

Integrated dual fuel delivery system

The present invention relates to dual fuel delivery system for a gas turbine. A dual fuel delivery system for a gas turbine includes a main fuel line having a main fuel oil conduit and a main fuel gas conduit, wherein the main fuel gas conduit encloses, at least partially, the main fuel oil conduit; and a first fuel divider having a first fuel oil divider connected to the main fuel oil conduit and a first fuel gas divider connected to the main fuel gas conduit, wherein the first fuel gas divider encloses, at least partially, the first fuel oil divider.

TUNABLE RESONATOR
20190093565 · 2019-03-28 ·

The gas turbine engine includes a fluid system fluidly connecting at least two components of the gas turbine engine, and a tunable resonator in fluid flow communication with the fluid system. The tunable resonator has a resonating volume that varies as a function of a volume of an inflatable member located inside the tunable resonator. The inflatable member having a means for varying the volume of the inflatable member, to thereby tune the resonating volume to a selected frequency of pressure fluctuations or acoustic waves within the fluid system.

COMBUSTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.

COMBUSTOR HEAD END SECTION WITH AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BUNDLED TUBE FUEL NOZZLE CONTAINED THEREIN

A combustor head end section includes a bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly and an air supply system. The fuel nozzle assembly includes: a forward plate facing a head end air plenum, an aft plate facing a combustion chamber, premixing tubes extending from the forward plate to the aft plate, and a side wall extending circumferentially around the premixing tubes. The forward plate, the aft plate, and the side wall define a fuel plenum, and each premixing tube includes at least one fuel injection hole in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. The air supply system comprises the head end air plenum, a first inlet flow conditioner partially defining the head end air plenum and surrounding the bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly, and a second inlet flow conditioner surrounding the first inlet flow conditioner. The head end air plenum is in fluid communication with a combustion chamber, via the premixing tubes.

MULTI-STAGE AXIAL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WITH DISCRETE AIR SUPPLIES

A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a head end section containing a fuel nozzle assembly and a liner extending downstream from the head end section to an aft frame and defining a combustion chamber therein. First injectors, disposed at a first axial location, directs a first fuel/air mixture through the liner. Second injectors, disposed at a second downstream axial location, direct a second fuel/air mixture through the liner. A compressor discharge casing, which at least partially surrounds the combustor, defines a plenum from which a first air supply is directed only to the first injectors, a second air supply is directed only to the second injectors, and a third air supply is directed only to the head end section. The second air supply is greater than each of the first air supply and the third air supply.

COMBUSTOR HEAD END SECTION WITH INTEGRATED COOLING SYSTEM

A combustor head end section includes an integrated cooling system. The combustor head end section includes: a bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly having a forward plate facing a head end air plenum, an aft plate facing a combustion chamber, and premixing tubes extending from the forward plate to the aft plate. A side wall extends circumferentially around the premixing tubes and extends axially from the forward plate to the aft plate. The forward plate, the aft plate, and the side wall define a fuel plenum, and each premixing tube includes at least one fuel injection hole in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. The head end air plenum is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, via the premixing tubes. The integrated cooling system comprises an air flow passage integral with an exterior surface of a respective premixing tube and extending from the forward plate to the aft plate.

GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR WITH MULTIPLE FUEL STAGES AND METHOD OF OPERATION

A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises: a head end section defining a head end plenum and containing a fuel nozzle assembly; and a liner extending downstream from the head end section to an aft frame and defining a combustion chamber therein. First injectors, disposed at a first axial location, direct a first fuel/air mixture through the liner. Second injectors, disposed at a different, second axial location, direct a second fuel/air mixture through the liner. Each of the head end section, the first injectors, and the second injectors receives a respective air supply from a compressor discharge plenum that at least partially surrounds the combustor. The respective air supplies are directed to only one of the fuel nozzle assembly, the first injectors, and the second injectors. The first injectors and the second injectors receive more than 50% of the air supply from the compressor discharge plenum.

BUNDLED TUBE FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

A bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes: a forward plate facing a head end air plenum, an aft plate facing a combustion chamber, and premixing tubes extending from the forward plate to the aft plate. An interior side wall extends circumferentially around the first plurality of premixing tubes and defines an interior fuel plenum, and an exterior side wall extends circumferentially around the interior side wall and defines an exterior fuel plenum. Both side walls extend axially from the forward plate to the aft plate. The interior fuel plenum is in fluid communication with the exterior fuel plenum. Each premixing tube includes at least one fuel injection hole therethrough, which is in fluid communication with the interior fuel plenum. The head end air plenum is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, via inlet ends of the premixing tubes.

GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR WITH DYNAMICS MITIGATION SYSTEM

A gas turbine engine combustor includes: a head end section containing a fuel nozzle assembly and defining a head end air plenum; and a liner extending downstream from the head end section toward an aft frame and defining a combustion chamber therein. First injectors are disposed at a first axial location spaced apart from the head end section to direct a first fuel/air mixture through the liner. A dynamics mitigation system includes cold-side resonators disposed wholly within the head end air plenum, each resonator of the plurality of cold-side resonators having a resonator body with a closed end and an open neck extending from the resonator body opposite the closed end. Each resonator body defines a respective volume, and the open neck is in fluid communication with the head end air plenum. In some embodiments, quarter-wave tube dampers are installed within the fuel nozzle assembly of the head end section.

Damper for gas turbine

The present invention generally relates to a gas turbine and more in particular it is related to a damper assembly for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine. According to preferred embodiments, the present solution provides a damper assembly including protrusions on a wall of the neck. These protrusions result in a side wall reactance to the acoustic field that has the effect of decreasing the effective speed of sound in the neck. The decrease of the effective speed of sound in the neck is equivalent to an increase of the effective neck length.