EP0816760A1 - Détection de retour de flamme par fibre optique - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
- F23N5/02—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium
- F23N5/08—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using light-sensitive elements
- F23N5/082—Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using light-sensitive elements using electronic means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D21/00—Shutting-down of machines or engines, e.g. in emergency; Regulating, controlling, or safety means not otherwise provided for
- F01D21/003—Arrangements for testing or measuring
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/46—Details, e.g. noise reduction means
- F23D14/72—Safety devices, e.g. operative in case of failure of gas supply
- F23D14/725—Protection against flame failure by using flame detection devices
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/46—Details, e.g. noise reduction means
- F23D14/72—Safety devices, e.g. operative in case of failure of gas supply
- F23D14/82—Preventing flashback or blowback
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F05D2270/00—Control
- F05D2270/01—Purpose of the control system
- F05D2270/08—Purpose of the control system to produce clean exhaust gases
- F05D2270/083—Purpose of the control system to produce clean exhaust gases by monitoring combustion conditions
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
- F23N2231/00—Fail safe
- F23N2231/28—Fail safe preventing flash-back or blow-back
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- This invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring the operation of a gas turbine.
- Gas turbines generally include a compressor, one or more combustors, a fuel injection system and a turbine.
- the compressor pressurizes inlet air which is then reverse-flowed to the combustors where it is used to provide air for the combustion process and also to cool the combustors.
- the combustors are located about the periphery of the gas turbine, and a transition duct connects the outlet end of each combustor with the inlet end of the turbine to deliver the hot products of combustion to the turbine.
- Gas turbine combustors are being developed which employ lean premixed combustion to reduce emissions of gases such as NO x (nitrogen oxides).
- One such combustor comprises a plurality of burners attached to a single combustion chamber. Each burner includes a flow tube with a centrally disposed fuel nozzle comprising a center hub which supports fuel injectors and swirl vanes. During operation, fuel is injected through the fuel injectors and mixes with the swirling air in the flow tube, and a flame is produced at the exit of the burner. The combustion flame is stabilized by a combination of bluffbody recirculation behind the center hub and swirl-induced recirculation. Because of the lean stoichiometry, lean premixed combustion achieves lower flame temperature and thus produces lower NO x emissions.
- Flashbacks can be caused by impurities in fuel. Flashbacks can also be caused during mode switching when the flames are in a transient phase.
- flashback occurs, a combustor flame moves backward (upstream) and enters zones or cavities of the combustor chamber which may not be designed to contain flames.
- a flame can also move unexpectedly into combustor cavities used for firing modes other than the combustion mode being exercised at the time of the flashback occurrence.
- Both types of flashback occurrences result in a loss of combustion control and can additionally cause heating and melting of combustor parts, such as flame nozzles, for example, that are not designed to withstand excessive heating.
- An operator generally has no method of recognizing the occurrence of a flashback until the combustor sustains damage.
- multiple optical fibers and at least one photodetector are used to sense flashback.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a flashback protection embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the embodiment of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a flashback protection embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a partial block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a flashback protection embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the embodiment of FIG. 1.
- a combustor 1 includes at least one flame nozzle (and preferably a plurality of flame nozzles 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, and 12e) capable of producing flames 44.
- Each of the flame nozzles is monitored using a fiber optic element 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d, or 24e comprising at least one respective optical fiber which sends an optical signal to a respective photodetector 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, or 14e.
- each optical fiber optic element 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d, or 24e may comprise several optical fibers in a bundle as shown by optical fibers 24a', 24a", and 24a"' in FIG. 2.
- each fiber optic element includes at least one optical multi-mode fiber pressure-sealed at one end 26 or both ends into a protective tube (shown as tube 25a in FIG. 2) which is capable of withstanding the operating environment.
- the optical fiber comprises quartz and tube 25a comprises stainless steel.
- An optical microlens can be used, if desired, for selectively collecting light from the flame which exists during flashback from a portion of the protective tube.
- the tube can be inserted through holes in a combustor casing 10 (in the air path 46) and a combustor liner 48.
- the tube can be attached to the combustor casing using a compression fit connection (not shown).
- a photodetector can be mounted on the other end of the tube.
- the photodetector comprises a semiconductor photodiode of a material such as silicon, gallium arsenide, silicon carbide, germanium, gallium nitride or gallium phosphide.
- the photodetectors can be situated outside of an engine compartment 5 which holds the combustor and therefore be protected from the harsh combustion environment.
- Each photodetector can send an electrical signal to a multiplexer 18 which can then transmit the data to a signal processor 20 before being acted on by a gas turbine controller/monitor 22 (shown in FIG. 1).
- one fiber optic element and one photodetector per flame nozzle are shown, any of a number of configurations is possible.
- one fiber optic element 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d, or 24e can be used for each nozzle with all the fiber optic elements either arranged together in a bundle 54 and served by one photodetector 56 or optically coupled to a single fiber (not shown) and served by one photodetector.
- a simple scanning or multiplexing system shown as multiplexer 18 in FIG. 1 can be used as an interface between the multiple sensing system and the signal processor.
- the fiber optic element is pointed or aimed at regions (hereinafter referred to as test regions) 13a or 13b of the flame nozzles wherein flames are not present under normal operating conditions.
- test regions regions 13a or 13b of the flame nozzles wherein flames are not present under normal operating conditions.
- One such test region is at the back portion of the flame nozzle 12a or 12b just forward (downstream) from swirl vanes 52a or 52b and a fuel injector 50a or 50b.
- the flame nozzle is not sufficiently hot to emit significant amounts of infrared radiation (IR) that otherwise would saturate a broad spectral responsive semiconductor photodiode with small bandgaps (e.g. silicon, germanium, or gallium arsenide). This simplifies the detection scheme because no IR filters are required.
- IR infrared radiation
- a plurality of fiber optic elements 24b' and 24b" in respective tubes 25b' and 25b" can be used to monitor flashback in a flame nozzle.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of an example flashback protection embodiment of the present invention.
- Fiber optic elements 24a, 24b, and 24c transmit any detected light to respective photodetectors 14a, 14b, and 14c which transmit any resulting electrical signals to multiplexer 18 which includes switches shown as field effect transistors 34a, 34b, and 34c, for example.
- a shift register 44 can control the timing of switch operation, and an amplifier 38 / resistor 40 pair can be used for signal amplification before signal transmission from the multiplexer to signal processor 20.
- the diagram of FIG. 3 is for purposes of example only. In another embodiment, for example, an analog-to-digital converter can be used with the switching and amplification then occurring digitally.
- the information is transmitted through the signal processor 20 to the controller/monitor 22 (shown in FIG. 1) which can then turn off combustor 1.
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WO1998050735A1 (fr) * | 1997-05-06 | 1998-11-12 | Rosemount Aerospace Inc. | Dispositif de detection de flammes dans des systemes de combustion |
EP0972987A2 (fr) * | 1998-07-16 | 2000-01-19 | United Technologies Corporation | Injecteur de combustible muni d'un capteur remplaçable |
EP0987493A1 (fr) * | 1998-09-16 | 2000-03-22 | Abb Research Ltd. | Brûleur pour générateur de chaleur |
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