Burner arrangement and method for operating a burner arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9829200-B2
Application number	US-201414445485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2014
Priority date	Aug 16, 2013
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a burner arrangement for using in a single combustion chamber or in a can-combustor comprising a center body burner located upstream of a combustion zone, an annular duct with a cross section area, intermediate lobes which are arranged in circumferential direction and in longitudinal direction of the center body. The lobes being actively connected to the cross section area of the annular duct, wherein a cooling air is guided through a number of pipes within the lobes to the center body and cools beforehand at least the front section of the center body based on impingement cooling. Subsequently, the impingement cooling air cools the middle and back face of the center body based on convective and/or effusion cooling. At least the back face of the center body includes on the inside at least one damper.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A burner arrangement for using in a single combustion chamber or in a can-combustor comprising
a center body burner located upstream of a combustion zone;
an annular duct with a cross section area; and
intermediate lobes which are arranged in circumferential direction and in longitudinal or quasi-longitudinal direction of the center body burner,
wherein the lobes being actively connected to the cross section area of the annular duct,
wherein cooling air is guided through a number of pipes within the lobes to the center body burner and based on impingement cooling cools beforehand at least a front section of the center body burner and in a subsequent flow the impingement cooling air based on convective and/or effusion cooling cools a middle and a back face of the center body burner, and
wherein at least the back face of the center body burner includes on the inside at least one damper.

2. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the damper is operatively designed as low frequency damper.

3. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the front section of the center body burner having an impingement cooling cavity disposed between a rear side of the front section of the center body burner and an impingement cooling inner wall.

4. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling air from a cavity is directly or indirectly connected with a transition duct in a longitudinal direction of the middle face of the center body burner and in a longitudinal direction of a subsequent annular channel within the back face of the center body burner.

5. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lobes having a streamlined cross-sectional profile in a flow direction, wherein the lobes extend in a longitudinal direction perpendicularly or at an inclination to a prevailing main flow direction, wherein a leading edge area of each lobe has a profile, which is streamlined and oriented to the prevailing main flow direction, and wherein, with reference to a central plane, a trailing edge of each lobe is provided with at least one flute, wherein the flutes in longitudinal or quasi longitudinal direction of all lobes run in conjunction with each other in a same direction and/or in opposite transverse directions.

6. The burner arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein each lobe comprises in a region of the trailing edge at least one fuel nozzle for introducing at least one fuel into the burner, wherein the fuel nozzle is actively connected to the flute.

7. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a leading edge region of each lobe has an aerodynamic profile, which is turning from an inclined orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of flow direction to an orientation, which is parallel or quasi-parallel to a longitudinal axis of the flow direction at least in an upstream half of each lobe.

8. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein each lobe is provided with cooling elements, wherein these cooling elements are given by internal circulation of cooling medium in a longitudinal or quasi-longitudinal direction of sidewalls of each lobe and/or by film cooling holes, the cooling elements are located near a trailing edge, and wherein the cooling elements are fed with air from a carrier gas feed also used for fuel injection.

9. The burner arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one fuel nozzle is circular and/or are elongated slot nozzles extending in a longitudinal or quasi-longitudinal direction of the trailing edge of the streamlined body and/or comprise a first nozzle for injection of liquid and/or a second nozzle for injection of a gaseous fuel, and a third nozzle for injection of carrier air, which encloses the first and/or the second nozzle.

10. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein downstream of the lobes a mixing zone is located, and wherein at and/or downstream of said lobes the cross-section of said mixing zone is reduced, wherein this reduction is at least 10%, at least 20%, or at least 30%, compared to the flow cross-section upstream of said lobes.

11. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein downstream of the lobes a mixing zone is located, and wherein at and/or downstream of said lobes the cross-section of said mixing zone is enlarged, wherein this enlargement is at least 10%, at least 20%, or at least 30%, compared to a flow cross-section upstream of said lobes.

12. The burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein downstream of the lobes a mixing zone is located, and wherein at and/or downstream of said lobes a cross-section of said mixing zone having the form of a diffusor.

13. A method for operating a burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one injection plane is used for at least one burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine group, wherein the gas turbine group includes at least one compressor unit, and a first combustion chamber for generating working gas, wherein the first combustion chamber is connected to receive compressed air from the compressor unit, wherein the first combustion chamber is an annular combustion chamber having a plurality of premixing burners, a first turbine connected to receive working gas from the first combustion chamber, a second combustion chamber connected to receive exhausted working gas from the first turbine, and deliver working gas to a second turbine, wherein the second combustion chamber comprises an annular duct forming a combustion space extending in a flow direction from an outlet of the first turbine to an inlet of the second turbine, and the second combustion chamber comprising means for introducing fuel into the second combustion chamber for self-ignition of the fuel.

14. A method for operating a burner arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one injection plane is used for at least one burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine group, wherein the gas turbine group includes at least one compressor unit, a first combustion chamber for generating working gas, wherein the first combustion chamber is connected to receive compressed air from the compressor unit, wherein the first combustion chamber is an annular combustion chamber having a plurality of premixing burners, a first turbine connected to receive working gas from the first combustion chamber, a second combustion chamber connected to receive exhausted working gas from the first turbine and deliver working gas to a second turbine, wherein the second combustion chamber is operating as a can-combustor which is designated as a self-contained cylindrical or quasi-cylindrical combustion chamber, and the can-combustor including means for introducing fuel into the second combustion chamber for self-ignition of the fuel.

15. The method for operating a burner arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein multiple can-combustors are arranged around the central axis of the gas turbine group.

Assignees

• Alstom Technology Ltd
• Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG

Inventors

• Gao Xianfeng
• Benz Urs
• Theuer Andre
• Kulkarni Rohit

Classifications

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F23R3/286

  having fuel-air premixing devices (F23R3/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F23D2900/14021

  Premixing burners with swirling or vortices creating means for fuel or air · CPC title

• F23R3/346

  for staged combustion · CPC title

• F02C3/14

  characterised by the arrangement of the combustion chamber in the plant (combustion chambers per se F23R; F02C3/205 takes precedence) · CPC title