A burner of a turbomachine, particularly a gas turbine engine, has at least one burner section having an annular wall surrounding a respective section of a burner interior, the annular wall including: an annular inner surface delimiting the burner interior, and a plurality of dampening cavities for the dampening of thermo-acoustic vibrations in the burner interior, each dampening cavity being connected to the annular inner surface through at least a dampening hole. A method of manufacturing such a burner includes additive manufacturing of the annular wall as an integrally formed component, or additive manufacturing of the upstream burner section, wherein the intermediate burner section and the downstream burner section as integrally formed component.

A system effective for dual utilization of cooling fluid in a gas turbine engine is provided. A cooling annulus is subject to a hot-temperature combustion flow received from a combustor basket and includes a liner including a feed channel to receive cooling fluid. A feed manifold is in fluid communication with feed channel to feed cooling fluid to a plurality of conduits in fluid communication with a plurality of exit orifices that is in fluid communication with a plurality of resonators. A distributor manifold includes a plurality of manifold sectors in fluid communication with a plurality of conduits arranged to convey cooling fluid. Some of the plurality of resonators operates with different amounts of cooling fluid. A group of the plurality of exit orifices is configured to supply an amount of cooling fluid appropriate for a resonator in fluid communication with the group of the plurality of exit orifices.

A method of operating a combustor in a turbomachine is provided. The method includes a step of injecting a first central flow of liquid fuel from each outer liquid fuel cartridge in the first group of outer liquid fuel cartridges into a combustion zone at a first central angle. A first group of outer liquid fuel cartridges includes a first pilot tip. A second group of outer liquid fuel cartridges includes a second pilot tip. The method further includes a step of injecting a second central flow of liquid fuel from each outer liquid fuel cartridge in the second group of outer liquid fuel cartridges into the combustion zone at a second central angle. The first central angle is different than the second central angle.

A micro-mixer capable of effectively mixing compressed air supplied from a compressor to a combustor and fuel supplied from a fuel nozzle, and a combustor including the same are provided. The micro-mixer includes a mixing passage including an inlet and an outlet, a fuel supply passage extending from one inner wall to the other inner wall of the mixing passage, and a fuel supply port formed in the fuel supply passage to supply fuel to the mixing passage.

A turbomachine includes a compressor and a turbine with a burner and a combustor between the compressor and the turbine. The burner is downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine. The burner is connected to the combustor at a front panel of the burner. The front panel includes a frame, a rim extending around a central aperture within the frame, and a seal segment. The frame, the rim, and the seal segment are all integrally formed as a single unitary body.

An annular resonator with a multiplicity of perforations for installation into a combustor arrangement of a static gas turbine installation, wherein the resonator is produced from refractory ceramic. A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine installation with a combustor unit, has a combustor, with a transfer line, which is arranged downstream of the combustor unit and which is designed to conduct hot gas generated by the combustor to a turbine, and with at least one resonator.

A combustor for a gas turbine includes a dome, and a deflector connected to the dome to define a baffle cavity therebetween, the deflector having a deflector cold side adjacent to the baffle cavity and a deflector hot side adjacent to a combustion chamber. At least one dome-deflector connecting member connects the dome and the deflector to each other. The dome-deflector connecting member forms a flexible joint between the dome and the deflector.

A combustor for a gas turbine is described. The combustor comprises a combustor liner, a metering plate attached to an end of the combustor liner and a combustor casing at least partially surrounding the combustor liner. An end cover is further connected to the combustor casing. The combustor liner is connected to the combustor casing by means of a retainer arranged between the metering plate and the end cover, and attached to the metering plate and to the end cover.

The present invention reduces the concentration of thermal stress on a burner. A gas turbine combustor receiving compressed air from a compressor, mixing the compressed air with a fuel, burning the mixture to generate a combustion gas, and supplying the combustion gas to a turbine. The combustor includes: an inner cylinder internally forming a combustion chamber; an outer cylinder covering the inner cylinder and forming a cylindrical outer circumferential flow path between the inner and outer cylinders to allow the compressed air to flow; and a burner mounted on an end of the outer cylinder, which is positioned on an opposite side to a turbine side, and facing the combustion chamber. The burner includes a cylindrical base frame including a cavity distributing the fuel, and fuel nozzles circularly arranged as viewed from the combustion chamber and connected to the cavity. When viewed from the combustion chamber, slits extending radially are formed in the base frame such that each separate the circumferentially adjacent fuel nozzles from each other.

A heat engine including a liner extended along a first dimension and a second dimension, wherein the liner includes a plurality of cavities formed by a honeycomb structure. Each cavity forms a volume extended from an opening at a fluid contact side of the liner and along a third dimension substantially orthogonal to the first dimension and the second dimension. The opening at the fluid contact side includes a cross sectional area of each respective volume of the plurality of cavities. The plurality of cavities is non-uniform with respect to the cross sectional area at the opening along the first dimension, the second dimension, or both.