Fuel nozzle having different first and second discharge orifices for providing a hydrogen-air mixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196165-B2
Application number	US-202217728419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2022
Priority date	Apr 26, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

The proposed solution relates to a fuel nozzle for the injection of hydrogen into a combustion chamber of an engine, the fuel nozzle including, for provision of a hydrogen-air mixture, a nozzle head having outflow openings ( 19, 21 ) at an end face of the nozzle head.
Multiple first outflow openings for hydrogen to be injected and at least one second outflow opening for air to be injected are present at the end face for the provision of the hydrogen-air mixture, where the at least one second outflow opening has a polygonal cross section and the multiple first outflow openings at the end face are arranged around the at least one second outflow opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel nozzle for injection of hydrogen into a combustion chamber of an engine, said fuel nozzle comprising, for provision of a hydrogen-air mixture,
a nozzle head having outflow openings at an end face of the nozzle head,
wherein multiple first outflow openings for hydrogen to be injected and at least one second outflow opening for air to be injected are positioned at the end face for the provision of the hydrogen-air mixture, where the at least one second outflow opening has a polygonal cross section and the multiple first outflow openings at the end face are arranged around the at least one second outflow opening;
wherein the end face of the nozzle head is quadrangular or rectangular.

2. The fuel nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second outflow opening has a tetragonal cross section.

3. The fuel nozzle according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one second outflow opening has a rectangular or trapezoidal cross section.

4. The fuel nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second outflow opening and/or at least one flow duct of the nozzle head that opens into the at least one second outflow opening has at least one air guide element for swirling air flowing out of the at least one second outflow opening.

5. The fuel nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second outflow opening includes two or more second outflow openings positioned at the end face, around each of which are distributed multiple ones of the first outflow openings for the injection of hydrogen.

6. The fuel nozzle according to claim 5 , wherein the two or more second outflow openings are disposed in succession at the end face in a circumferential direction.

7. The fuel nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple first outflow openings each have a circular, rhombus-shaped or hexagonal cross section.

8. A combustion chamber assembly having a combustion chamber for an engine, including the fuel nozzle according to claim 1 .

9. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the combustion chamber includes a heat shield having a passage opening in which the nozzle head of the fuel nozzle is accommodated.

10. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 9 , wherein, via at least one additional outflow opening formed between the nozzle head and an edge of the passage opening, air can flow past the nozzle head into a combustion space of the combustion chamber.

11. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one additional outflow opening is formed by a gap having a longitudinal extent with regard to the end face of the nozzle head and running along a section of an outer circumference of the nozzle head.

12. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 10 , wherein at least two mutually spatially separated additional outflow openings are formed between the nozzle head and the edge of the passage opening.

13. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 10 , wherein an additional outflow opening that runs around the full circumference of the nozzle head is formed between the nozzle head and the edge of the passage opening.

14. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the additional outflow opening that runs around the full circumference of the nozzle head has a rectangular outline.

15. An engine with the combustion chamber assembly according to claim 8 .

16. A fuel nozzle for injection of hydrogen into a combustion chamber of an engine, said fuel nozzle comprising, for provision of a hydrogen-air mixture,
a nozzle head having outflow openings at an end face of the nozzle head,
wherein multiple first outflow openings for hydrogen to be injected and at least one second outflow opening for air to be injected are positioned at the end face for the provision of the hydrogen-air mixture, where the at least one second outflow opening has a polygonal cross section and the multiple first outflow openings at the end face are arranged around the at least one second outflow opening;
via at least one additional outflow opening formed between the nozzle head and an edge of the passage opening, the air can flow past the nozzle head into a combustion space of a combustion chamber;
wherein the at least one additional outflow opening is formed by a gap having a longitudinal extent with regard to the end face of the nozzle head and running along a section of an outer circumference of the nozzle head.

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

Inventors

• Clemen Carsten

Classifications

• F02M23/006

  Valves specially shaped for supplying secondary air · CPC title

• F02M21/0275

  for in-cylinder direct injection, e.g. injector combined with spark plug · CPC title

• F02M21/0206

  Non-hydrocarbon fuels, e.g. hydrogen, ammonia or carbon monoxide · CPC title

• F02B77/11

  Thermal or acoustic insulation · CPC title

• F23R3/283

  Attaching or cooling of fuel injecting means including supports for fuel injectors, stems, or lances · CPC title