EP1985926B1 - Brenngerät und brennverfahren - Google Patents

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EP1985926B1
EP1985926B1 EP08007934.6A EP08007934A EP1985926B1 EP 1985926 B1 EP1985926 B1 EP 1985926B1 EP 08007934 A EP08007934 A EP 08007934A EP 1985926 B1 EP1985926 B1 EP 1985926B1
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Takeo Saito
Keisuke Miura
Kazuhito Koyama
Hiroshi Inoue
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/28—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the fuel supply
    • F23R3/286—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the fuel supply having fuel-air premixing devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for continuous combustion chambers; Combustion processes therefor
    • F23R2900/00015—Trapped vortex combustion chambers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for continuous combustion chambers; Combustion processes therefor
    • F23R2900/03343—Pilot burners operating in premixed mode

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  • the present invention relates to combustion equipment and to a burner combustion method.
  • a generic combustion equipement according to the preamble of claim 1 is for instance known from JP 2005 016305 A . Further combustion equipment are described in JP H08 28871 A , US 2006/000218 A1 , JP 2006 105534 A , JP H08 28872 A and EP 1 288 575 A2 .
  • One of these combustion schemes is a coaxial jet combustion scheme in which each of fuel nozzles and a corresponding one of air holes are arranged coaxially with each other and fuel and air are supplied to and burned in a combustion chamber.
  • the coaxial jet combustion scheme can promote the mixing of fuel with air in a very short distance as compared with the conventional premixed combustion scheme so that it can reduce NOx emissions. See e.g. JP-A-2003-148734 .
  • Combustion equipment of the coaxial jet combustion scheme can quickly mix fuel with air so that it can reduce NOx emissions. Hereafter it is required to further reduce NOx emissions.
  • NOx production exponentially increases as combustion gas temperature rises.
  • it is effective therefore to increase the mixing rate of fuel with air and concurrently to increase the flow rate of air relative to fuel, lowering combustion gas temperature in the combustion chamber.
  • the present invention provides a combustion equipment containing the features defined in claim 1. Further preferred embodiments of this combustion equipment are described in dependent claims 2-5. Moreover, it is provided a burner combustion method, which method has the features defined in claim 6. A preferred embodiment of this method is defined in claim 7.
  • the combustion equipment of a coaxial jet combustion scheme according to the present invention can achieve a further reduction in NOx emissions.
  • Fig. 11 is an entire schematic view of a gas turbine in which a coaxial jet combustion scheme is applied to a gas turbine combustor which is one of combustion equipment.
  • the gas turbine includes an air compressor 110, combustion equipment 302 and a turbine 190.
  • the air compressor 110 compresses external air to generate high-pressure air 120, which is introduced from a diffuser 130 to a plenum chamber 140.
  • the high-pressure air 120 flows in a gap defined between a transition piece 150 and a transition piece flow sleeve 151 externally installed around the transition piece 150 and then flows in a gap defined between a liner 160 and an outer casing 161 coaxially externally installed around the liner 160.
  • the transition piece 150 is joined to the liner 160 and the transition piece flow sleeve 151 is joined to the outer casing 161. After flowing through the gap, the high-pressure air 120 reverses the course and enters a combustion chamber 180 from air holes 12 provided in a burner plate 11.
  • a fuel system 170 fuel is increased in pressure by a fuel pump 171 and regulated in flow rate by a flow regulating valve 172.
  • the fuel is jetted from each of fuel nozzles 10 toward a corresponding one of the respective inlet portions of the air holes 12.
  • each of the fuel nozzles 10 and a corresponding one of the air holes 12 are arranged coaxially with each other.
  • the coaxial arrangement refers to a configuration in which the fuel nozzles 10 and the burner plate 11 having the air holes 12 located on the downstream side of the fuel nozzles 10 are arranged such that fuel is jetted from the fuel nozzles 10 toward the approximate center of the air hole inlet surface to form air flow on the outer circumferential side of fuel flow in the inside of the air holes 12.
  • coaxial jet flow refers to jet flow in which annulus air flow is formed on the outer circumferential side of the fuel flow in the inside of the air holes 12.
  • the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the air holes 12 are fed to the combustion chamber 180 inside the liner 160 and burn to form flames, thereby generating high-temperature and high-pressure combustion gas 181.
  • the combustion gas 181 generated in the combustion equipment 302 is led from the transition piece 150 to the turbine 190.
  • the high-temperature and high-pressure combustion gas 181 rotates a turbine shaft in the turbine 190, so that the generator 200 coupled to the turbine shaft generates output power from the combustion gas 181.
  • the air compressor 110 and the generator 200 are connected to the turbine 190 via a single shaft.
  • the air compressor 110, the turbine 190 and the generator 200 may be of two-shaft configuration.
  • the fuel system 170 is a single system in Fig. 11 .
  • a multi-burner structure may be applicable in which a fuel system is divided into multiple subsystems, which feed fuel to a plurality of fuel headers.
  • gas turbines widely used in generating power plants or the like are such that a plurality of burners are radially arranged for a turbine shaft.
  • the coaxial jet combustion scheme described above can suppress NOx emissions to low levels. However, since the environmental limit of the NOx emissions becomes stricter year by year, also the coaxial jet combustion scheme is desired to further reduce the NOx emissions.
  • NOx production exponentially increases as combustion gas temperature rises.
  • flames become unstable.
  • Fig. 1B is a front view of a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 1A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Fig. 1B , illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine schematically shown in Fig. 11 .
  • a burner of the first example includes the fuel nozzles 10; the burner plate 11 having the air holes 12; a protrusion 1 formed on the burner plate 11; and a liner 160 defining the combustion chamber 180.
  • a spring seal 161 is provided between the burner plate 11 and the liner 160.
  • Fuel flow 22 is jetted from the fuel nozzle 10 toward the inlet portion of the air hole 12.
  • Air flow 21 enters the inlet portion of the air hole 12 from the outer circumferential side of the fuel nozzle 10.
  • the air flow 21 having entered the air holes 12 passes through the inside of the air hole 12 so as to encircle the fuel flow 22 from the outer circumferential side thereof, and jet out from the air hole 12 to the combustion chamber 180.
  • the coaxial jet flow composed of the fuel flow and air flow jets out from the outlet portion of the air hole 12 and forms flames in the combustion chamber 180.
  • the inlet portion of the air hole 12 is located at a position opposed to the jet port of the fuel nozzle 10.
  • the outlet port of the air hole 12 faces the combustion chamber 180.
  • the air holes 12 are formed in the burner plate 11. As shown in Fig. 1B , the air holes 12 are arranged to form three coaxial circular rows: six, twelve and eighteen air holes 12 from the inner circumferential side of the burner. These three air hole circular rows are referred to as a first circular row air holes 12-1, a second circular row air holes 12-2 and a third circular row air holes 12-3 from the inner circumferential side of the burner. Thus, one burner plate is configured as shown in Fig. 1B .
  • the burner plate 11 is formed such that the inner circumferential side (the axial center side) of the burner is thinner than the outer circumferential side thereof. Specifically, a portion (on the outer circumferential side) of the burner plate 11 is formed as a burner plate extension which extends toward the combustion chamber side spaced apart from the first circular row air holes 12-1. Changing the thickness of the burner plate 11 as described above can allow the outlet portions of the air holes 12 to positionally differ from each other in the burner-axial direction.
  • the burner plate 11 has such a steplike shape as to form a recessed area 200 on the burner-axial center side.
  • the outlet portions of the six air holes 12-1(the first circular row) provided on the burner-axial center side are disposed in the recessed area 200.
  • the outlet portions of the second- and third-circular row air holes 12-2, 12-3 are disposed at a steplike area 201 of the burner plate 11 formed with a step as against the recessed area 200.
  • the burner plate 11 is provided with a lateral surface portion 202 as a plane that connects the recessed area 200 with the steplike area 201.
  • the recessed area 200 is shaped in a circle with respect to the burner-axial center.
  • the lateral surface portion 202 is shaped such that a cylindrical column is hollowed out from the burner plate 11.
  • the steplike shape of the burner plate 11 is formed to continue in the circumferential direction.
  • the steplike shape of the burner plate 11 is used to provide the protrusion 1 on the downstream side of the lateral surface portion 202 of the burner plate 11.
  • the protrusion 1 is located on the combustion chamber side of the burner plate extension so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the passing direction of the fuel flow and air flow so that the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the first circular row air holes 12-1 may collide with the step of the burner plate 11.
  • the gap between the opposite portions of the protrusion 1 is greater than the diameter of the air hole. If the burner plate is cut vertically with respect to a plane formed by the steplike area 201 of the burner plate 11, the edge of the protrusion 1 is sharply angled. Also the protrusion 1 is formed to continue in the circumferential direction as with the steplike shape of the burner plate 11.
  • the protrusion 1 provided on the lateral surface portion 202 of the burner plate 11 is provided to partially obstruct the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the first circular row air holes 12-1, that is, plays a role of an obstacle to disturb the fuel flow and air flow.
  • High-temperature recirculation flow is formed on the downstream side of the protrusion 1. This recirculation flow serves as a flame source, which applies thermal energy to unburned premixed gas for ignition.
  • the flame stability of the entire burner is enhanced. Consequently, it is possible to operate under the leaner fuel condition, thereby enabling reduced NOx emissions.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a state of thermal energy and flow with respect to the protrusion 1 and to the first circular row air holes 12-1.
  • the fuel flow jetted from the fuel nozzles 10 enters a corresponding one of the first circular row air holes 12-1.
  • Coaxial jet flow in which air flow is formed on the outer circumferential side of fuel flow inside the air holes 12-1 moves to the downstream side and simultaneously premixing progresses.
  • the premixed gas 30 of the air flow 21 with fuel flow 22 jetted from the first circular row air holes 12-1 jets out to a space defined by the recessed area 200 and lateral surface area 202 of the burner plate 11.
  • the premixed gas 30 jetted from the space forms flames 40, that is, becomes high-temperature burned gas 31, in the combustion chamber 180.
  • the space defined by the burner plate, burner plate extension and protrusion serves as a zone adapted to form the flame source.
  • the premixed gas 30 jetted from the air holes 12-1 flows downstream along the lateral surface area 202 of the burner plate 11.
  • the flow direction of the premixed gas 30 is internally bent by the sharply-angled protrusion 1 provided on the downstream side of the lateral surface area 202. Consequently, negative pressure occurs on the downstream side of the protrusion 1, whereby recirculation flows 32 are formed that move from the downstream side of the burned gas 31 to the upstream side which is in the negative pressure state. It is probable that the recirculation flows 32 serve to receive thermal energy 51 from the high-temperature burned gas 31 and apply thermal energy 52 to the unburned premixed gas 30.
  • the premixed gas 30 can form the flames 40 by obtaining the thermal energy 51 required for ignition.
  • the premixed gas 30 tends to ignite, which improves an ignition characteristic. Since the premixed gas 30 easily ignites at the protrusion 1, flame stability at the central portion of the burner is improved and the flames at the central portion of the burner are used as a flame source to also improve the flame stability at the outer circumferential portion of the burner. As a result, the flame stability of the entire burner is improved. Operation can be done under the leaner fuel condition by increasing a ratio of an air flow rate to a fuel flow rate. It is possible thus to further reduce the NOx emissions from the combustion equipment.
  • the protrusion 1 may not be shaped in a sharply-angled triangle but may be a protrusion 5 shaped in a square in cross-section. This simplifies the manufacture of the protrusion 5, which leads to reduced manufacturing cost.
  • a protrusion 6 may gently be inclined in cross-section as shown in Fig. 8B .
  • This inclined protrusion 6 is provided with inclination extending along the entire lateral surface portion 202.
  • the protrusion flame stabilizer
  • the protrusion flame stabilizer
  • the protrusion 6 may be burn out.
  • the protrusion 6 is gently inclined in cross-section as shown in Fig. 8B , it is possible to suppress the disturbance occurring on the upstream side of the protrusion 6 and prevent the burnout of the protrusion 6.
  • Fig. 13 illustrates the behavior of flames 40 propagating to the upstream side of the protrusion 1 if the burner plate of the present example is used.
  • a wall surface of the lateral surface area 202 in contact with the flames 40 is heated by the flames 40. If not cooled, the protrusion 1 may be melted. To prevent the protrusion from being melted, the protrusion 1 is cooled by air and fuel much lower in temperature than the flames by allowing the fuel flow 22 and air flow 21 to move in the air holes 12 of the burner plate extension. If the fluid cooling the protrusion 1 is fed from a portion other than the air holes, the configuration of flow paths is complicated. However, the protrusion 1 can be prevented from being burn out with a simplified configuration by allowing fuel and air to flow in the air holes provided in the burner plate extension.
  • the premixer has annular flow passages provided on the outer circumferential side of the pilot burner.
  • the recess type flame stabilizer is provided at the outlet portion of the premixer.
  • the premixer is internally joined together and filled with premixed gas. If flames propagate to the upstream side of the recess type flame stabilizer, it is probable that the flames propagate inside the premixer at a burst to melt the flame stabilizer.
  • the first example is such that the air holes 12 are configured between the protrusion 1 and the fuel nozzles 10 so as to be separate from one another.
  • Fig. 14A illustrates fuel flows jetted from the fuel nozzles to the combustion chamber.
  • two air holes 12 communicate with each other through one space upstream thereof (on the left in Fig. 14A ) and the fuel flow 22 is jetted from the fuel nozzle 10 to the inlet center of the corresponding air hole 12.
  • the fuel flow jetted from the fuel nozzle 10 is prevented from mixing with the air flow.
  • the fuel flow 22 mixes with the air flow around thereof while gradually diffusing.
  • Fig. 14B illustrates a fuel concentration distribution 212 and a velocity distribution 213 at an H-H cross-section of Fig. 14A .
  • the longitudinal axis represents the coordinates of the air hole inlet surface and a radius of the air hole inlet is indicated with symbol r.
  • the horizontal axis represents a relative value between the fuel concentration and velocity.
  • a broken line 214 indicates the position of the air hole wall surface.
  • the velocity of a flowing fluid is reduced in the vicinity of the wall surface 214 because of the influence of wall surface shearing stress. For this reason, it is probable that flames enter the inside of the air hole through a slow-velocity area.
  • the fuel concentration distribution 212 is very low in a slow-velocity area close to the wall surface. Because of the quenching effect resulting from drawing heat from the wall surface, flames will not propagate in the area close to the air hole wall surface.
  • the protrusion is provided in the direction where the fuel flow jetted from the air holes 12 moves, it is possible to prevent the flames from propagating to the fuel jet hole of the fuel nozzle 10 even if the flames propagate to the upstream side of the protrusion. In this way, the protrusion can stabilize the flames and a satisfactory effect of anti-backfire can be provided.
  • a fuel nozzle be inserted into an associated air hole.
  • the insertion of the fuel nozzle into the air hole can improve the mixing rate of fuel with air.
  • the insertion of the fuel nozzle 10 into the air hole 12 can concurrently achieve further improvement of the mixing rate and the improvement of flame stability.
  • the central axis of the air hole 12 is inclined with respect to the central axis of the burner.
  • the air hole 12 is slantly arranged so that the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the air hole 12 may have a velocity component swirling with respect to the central axis of the burner. This makes it possible to further improve flame stability.
  • Fig. 2B is a front view illustrating a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 2A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine of Fig. 11 , taken along line B-B of Fig. 2B .
  • the flames formed by the first circular row air holes 12-1 are stabilized to thereby improve the stability of the flames formed by the second and third circular row air holes 12-2, 12-3.
  • a protrusion 2 is provided for also the second circular row air holes 12-2 to improve the stability of the flames formed by the second circular row air holes 12-2. Consequently, the flame stability of the entire burner can be further enhanced.
  • the basic mechanism of the flame stability improvement is similar to the contents described with Fig. 7 .
  • high-temperature recirculation flow is formed not only on the burner inner circumferential side (the first circular row air holes 12-1) but also on the burner outer circumferential side (the second circular row air holes 12-2).
  • This recirculation flow serves as a flame source and thermal energy is applied to premixed gas jetted from the second circular row air holes, thereby improving the ignition characteristic.
  • the two protrusions are provided. However, three, four or more protrusions may be provided depending on the number and arrangement of air holes.
  • the protrusions of the second example may be sharply-angled in cross-section; however, it may be formed rectangular in cross-section in view of fabrication. Further, the protrusion may be gently inclined in cross-section.
  • the insertion of the fuel nozzle into the air hole can concurrently achieve the further improvement of the mixing rate and the improvement of flame stability.
  • Fig. 3B is a front view illustrating a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 3A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine, taken along line C-C of Fig. 3B .
  • Fig. 12 illustrates a shape of the air hole 12.
  • the burner plate 11 in a third example is shaped such that a circular cone is hollowed out.
  • a plane of the burner plate 11 at which an outlet portion 301 of the air hole 12 is located is shaped to open toward the combustion chamber as shown in Fig. 12 .
  • the plane formed by the outlet portion 301 of the air hole 12 is inclined with respect to the central axis of the burner.
  • An obstacle is provided on the downstream side of the outlet portion 301 of the air hole 12 so as to disturb fuel flow and air flow.
  • This obstacle corresponds to the protrusion 1, which is formed annular and provided for each circular row air hole.
  • the protrusion 1 is located at the most downstream side of the incline outlet portion 301 of the air hole 12.
  • Fig. 4B is a front view illustrating a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 4A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine of Fig. 11 , taken along line D-D of Fig. 4B .
  • a first embodiment is such that a protrusion 3 is provided on the central side of a burner.
  • the burner plate 11 is formed to have a greater thickness on the inner circumferential side of the burner (on the axial center side of the burner) than on the outer circumferential side of the burner. Changing the thickness of the burner plate 11 as described above can cause the outlet portions of the air holes 12 to differ in position from each other in the axial direction of the burner.
  • the burner plate 11 is provided with such a steplike shape as that a steplike area 201 is formed on the axial center side of the burner and a recessed area 200 is formed on the outer circumferential side of the burner.
  • the outlet portions of second and third circular row air holes 12-2, 12-3 are arranged in the recessed area 200.
  • the outlet portions of the first circular row air holes 12-1 are arranged in the steplike area 201 of the burner plate 11 which has a step relative to the recessed area 200.
  • the steplike area 201 having the first circular row air holes 12-1 of the burner plate corresponds to the burner plate extension.
  • the steplike area 201 is formed in a circle relative to the axial center of the burner. Therefore, the steplike shape of the burner plate 11 is formed to continue in the circumferential direction.
  • the lateral surface portion 202 is formed in a columnar shape.
  • a sharply-angled protrusion 3 is provided on the lateral surface portion 202 of the burner plate 11 so that the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the second circular row air holes 12-2 may collide with the lateral surface portion 202 of the burner plate 11 by use of the steplike shape of the burner plate 11. Also the sharply-angled protrusion 3 is shaped to continue in the circumferential direction as with the steplike shape of the burner plate 11.
  • This configuration forms high-temperature recirculation flow on the downstream side of the protrusion 3.
  • An annular space which is disposed on the downstream side of the second and third circular row air holes and defined between the liner 160 and the burner plate extension serves as a flame source forming area.
  • the recirculation flow serves as a flame source, which applies thermal energy to unburned premixed gas jetted from the second and third circular row air holes 12 located on the outer circumferential side of the burner.
  • the basic mechanism of the flame stability is the same as that of the first example.
  • the burner plate 11 has a greater thickness on the inner circumferential side of the burner (on the axial center side of the burner) than on the outer circumferential side of the burner. Therefore, it is less susceptible to areal restriction. It is possible to provide a plurality of the protrusions 3 at different positions depending on the number/positions of the air holes.
  • Fig. 5B is a front view illustrating a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 5A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine of Fig. 11 , taken along line E-E of Fig. 5B .
  • the burner plate 11 of the present embodiment has a uniform thickness and therefore the respective passage lengths of the air holes 12 are the same.
  • a conical protrusion 4 is provided on the end face of the burner plate 11. As shown in Fig. 5B , the conical protrusion 4 is located at the central portion of the burner so as to disturb the fuel flow and air flow jetted from the first circular row air holes 12-1. High-temperature recirculation flow is formed on the downstream side of the protrusion 4. This recirculation flow applies thermal energy to unburned premixed gas to promote ignition, thereby improving flame stability.
  • the protrusion 4 of the present embodiment has a simple structure, not only a newly installed combustor but also an existing combustor additionally attached with the protrusion 4 can enhance flame stability.
  • the protrusion 4 is single. However, a plurality of the protrusions 4 may be installed depending on the number or arrangement of the air holes, whereby the flame stability can further be enhanced.
  • annular protrusion 7 between the first circular row air holes 12-1 and the second circular row air holes 12-2 can concurrently enhance the flame stability of inner and outer circumferences.
  • an assembly of the fuel nozzles and air holes according to each of the structures described in the first through third examples and first through second embodiments is taken as a single burner.
  • a plurality of the burners are combined to constitute single combustion equipment.
  • Fig. 6B is a front view illustrating a burner plate 11 as viewed from a combustion chamber 180.
  • Fig. 6A is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view illustrating fuel nozzles 10, air holes 12 and their peripheral portions in the entire gas turbine of Fig. 11 .
  • one burner is arranged on the central side of the combustion equipment and six burners are arranged on the outer circumferential side thereof.
  • a fuel system is connected to each of the burners. Every burner adopts the burner structure of Fig. 1 .
  • the fuel system is divided into subsystems for each burner and the number of burners to be burned is controlled according to the load.
  • combustion can stably be continued by varying the amount of fuel from the starting condition to 100%-load condition of the gas turbine.
  • each burner since each burner has a high-degree of combustion stability, the lower limit of the flow rate of fuel fed to one burner can be lowered.
  • Combustion equipment with different capacity per one combustion chamber can be easily provided by increasing or decreasing the number of fuel nozzles.
  • Combustion equipment can also be configured as below.
  • a burner is disposed on the central side of the combustion equipment.
  • Six burners each of which has a burner plate with a uniform thickness and is provided with no protrusion are arranged on the outer circumferential side of the burner disposed on the central side as above.
  • the burner disposed on the central side of the combustion equipment serves as a flame source.
  • the burner disposed on the central side can apply thermal energy to the burners arranged on the outer circumferential side. Consequently, the entire combustion equipment can improve combustion stability.
  • combustion equipment described in each of the first through fourth examples and first through second embodiments can be applied not only to a gas turbine combustor but also to various combustion equipment using gas such as methane as fuel, such as a combustor for fuel reforming mounted on a fuel cell, a combustor for a boiler, a warm air heater, an incinerator, etc.
  • the present configuration of the combustor can be applied to any combustor burning gaseous fuel, such as a combustor for a boiler, a combustor for fuel reforming mounted on a fuel cell, etc., as well as to a combustor for a gas turbine.
  • gaseous fuel such as a combustor for a boiler, a combustor for fuel reforming mounted on a fuel cell, etc.
  • gas turbine combustor for a gas turbine.

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  1. Brenngerät umfassend:
    eine Brennerplatte (11), bei der Brennstoff und Luft miteinander vermischt werden, während der Brennstoff und die Luft durch eine Luftöffnung (12) hindurchgeleitet werden;
    eine Brennerplattenerweiterung, bei der es sich um einen Abschnitt der Brennerplatte (11) handelt und die sich zu einer Brennkammerseite erstreckt, die von der Luftöffnung (12) entfernt angeordnet ist;
    die Brennerplatte (11) mit mehreren Luftöffnungen (12), wobei mehrere Brennstoffdüsen (10) koaxial auf der stromaufwärtigen Seite der Luftöffnungen (12) angeordnet sind, so dass ein koaxialer Strahlstrom in den Luftöffnungen (12) erzeugt wird;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Brenngerät weiter einen Vorsprung (1) umfasst, der sich auf der Brennkammerseite der Brennerplattenerweiterung befindet, so dass er in der Richtung senkrecht zu einer Richtung vorsteht, in der ein Brennstofffluss hindurchgeleitet wird;
    wobei ein Flammenquellenbildungsbereich zwischen der Brennerplatte (11), der Brennerplattenerweiterung und dem Vorsprung (1) begrenzt wird, wobei die Brennerplattenerweiterung stufenartig ausgebildet ist, so dass die Brennerplatte (11) in Bezug auf die Dicke auf einer axialen Mittelseite des Brenners dicker als auf einer äußeren Umfangsseite ist; und
    wobei der Vorsprung (1) auf der äußeren Umfangsseite der Brennerplattenerweiterung vorgesehen ist.
  2. Brenngerät nach Anspruch 1,
    wobei die Luftöffnung (12) in Bezug auf eine axiale Mitte des Brenners geneigt ist.
  3. Brenngerät nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Vorsprung (1) ein viereckiger Vorsprung (5) ist.
  4. Brenngerät nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
    wobei das Brenngerät mit mehreren Brennern ausgestattet ist, die jeweils mit einer Brennerplatte (11) vorgesehen sind.
  5. Brenngerät nach Anspruch 3 oder 4,
    wobei sich der Brenner mit der stufenartig geformten Brennerplatte (11) in der axialen Mitte des Brenngeräts befindet und sich ein Brenner mit der Brennerplatte (11) mit gleichförmiger Dicke auf der äußeren Umfangsseite des Brenngeräts befindet.
  6. Brennerbrennverfahren umfassend:
    einen ersten Schritt, bei dem eine koaxialer Strahlstrom im Inneren einer Luftöffnung (12) ausgebildet wird, die in einer Brennerplatte (11) eines Brenngeräts nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 vorgesehen ist, wobei der koaxiale Strahlstrom derart ausgebildet ist, dass der Luftstrom (21) auf der äußeren Umfangsseite des Brennstoffstroms (22) gebildet wird;
    einen zweiten Schritt, bei dem der koaxiale Strahlstrom von der Luftöffnung (12) zur Brennkammer (180) strömen gelassen wird; und
    einen dritten Schritt, bei dem der koaxiale Strahlstrom mit dem Vorsprung (1) der Brennerplattenerweiterung kollidiert, die sich zur Brennkammerseite erstreckt, die von der Luftöffnung (12) entfernt ist, wodurch eine Flammenquelle gebildet wird.
  7. Brennerbrennverfahren nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Brennstoffstrom (22) und der Luftstrom (21), die von der Luftöffnung (12) strömen gelassen werden, einen Geschwindigkeitskomponentendrall um eine zentrale Achse des Brenners herum aufweisen.
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