EP2620708B1 - Gas turbine combustor and operating method thereof - Google Patents

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EP2620708B1
EP2620708B1 EP13152511.5A EP13152511A EP2620708B1 EP 2620708 B1 EP2620708 B1 EP 2620708B1 EP 13152511 A EP13152511 A EP 13152511A EP 2620708 B1 EP2620708 B1 EP 2620708B1
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Keisuke Miura
Tomomi Koganezawa
Kazuki Abe
Takeo Saito
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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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N1/00—Regulating fuel supply
    • F23N1/002—Regulating fuel supply using electronic means
    • 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
    • F23R3/02—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the air-flow or gas-flow configuration
    • F23R3/04—Air inlet arrangements
    • 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
    • F23R3/34—Feeding into different combustion zones
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for burners using fluid fuels or solid fuels suspended in a carrier gas
    • F23D2900/00015—Pilot burners specially adapted for low load or transient conditions, e.g. for increasing stability
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2241/00—Applications
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  • the present invention relates to a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor.
  • One way to lower the NOx of a gas turbine combustor is a premixed combustor; in this case, there is a concern of a backfire phenomenon in which a flame enters a premixing device.
  • Document JP2003148734 A shows a gas turbine combustor that has fuel nozzles for supplying fuel to a chamber and air holes for supplying air located in the downstream side of the fuel nozzles in which the ejection hole of the fuel nozzle and the air hole are disposed coaxially to make up a fuel combustion nozzle.
  • the document discloses a technology concerning a gas turbine combustor for achieving an anti-backfiring characteristic and low NOx combustion.
  • document JP2011075172 A discloses a means for preventing flame attachment to an air hole exit by defining the exit location and the exit direction of the air hole.
  • a distance for mixing fuel and air is increased based on the technology disclosed in document JP2003148734 A to further reduce NOx discharge.
  • EP 2306090 A2 is directed to a combustor including a chamber (50) to which fuel and air are supplied, an air hole plate (33) having a plurality of air holes (32) disposed upstream of the chamber, Z P one central burner and six peripheral burners, wherein each of the burners (6) is connected to two fuel supply lines.
  • a gas turbine combustor having a combustion chamber in which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of q-axial jets.
  • a gas turbine needs to be operated stably in a wide range of operating conditions from ignition to full load operation. For this reason, a multi-burner with a plurality of burners has been widely adopted as a gas turbine combustor.
  • JP2003148734 A and JP2011075172 A each disclose a multi-burner configuration
  • none of these known prior arts mention a technology for reducing the discharge of unburned combustibles and preventing an increase in liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • the present invention comprises a gas turbine combustor comprising: a chamber for mixing and burning supplied fuel and supplied air to generate combustion gas; an air hole plate located in an upstream side of the chamber, forming a plurality of air holes for supplying the air; a plurality of fuel nozzles for supplying the fuel to the plurality of air holes formed in the air hole plate, wherein the air holes are disposed in the downstream side of the fuel nozzles that one of the fuel nozzles is paired with one of the air holes; and a plurality of burners made up of the plurality of air holes and the plurality of fuel nozzles in pairs, wherein the plurality of burners comprises a center burner disposed on an axis of the gas turbine combustor and a plurality of outer burners installed around the center burner, the center burner is fixed to a first fuel supply system for supplying the fuel to the fuel nozzles in the center burner, the plurality of outer burners is fixed to a second fuel supply system for supplying the fuel to the fuel nozzles in outer
  • the present invention also comprises an operating method of a gas turbine combustor having a chamber for mixing and burning supplied fuel and supplied air to generate combustion gas; an air hole plate located in an upstream side of the chamber, forming a plurality of air holes for supplying the air; a plurality of fuel nozzles for supplying the fuel to the plurality of air holes formed in the air hole plate, wherein the air holes are disposed in a downstream side of the fuel nozzles that one of the fuel nozzles is paired with one of the air holes; and a plurality of burners made up of the plurality of air holes and the plurality of fuel nozzles in pairs, wherein the plurality of burners are comprised a center burner disposed on an axis of the gas turbine combustor and a plurality of outer burners installed around the center burner, the center burner is fixed to a first fuel supply system for supplying the fuel to the fuel nozzles in the center burner, the plurality of outer burners is fixed to a second fuel supply system for supplying the fuel to the
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor can be achieved to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 .
  • Figure 1 is a system diagram showing the entire structure of a gas turbine plant for power generation.
  • a gas turbine for power generation is made up of a compressor 1 for pressurizing sucked air 15 to generate high-pressure air 16, a gas turbine combustor 2 for mixing and burning gas fuel 50 and the high-pressure air 16 generated by the compressor 1 to generate high-temperature combustion gas 18, a turbine 3 driven by the high-temperature combustion gas 18 generated in the gas turbine combustor 2, a generator 8 for power generation rotated by the action of the turbine 3, and a shaft 7 for joining the compressor 1, the turbine 3 and the generator 8 together.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 is housed in a casing 4.
  • the head portion of the gas turbine combustor 2 is provided with a multi-burner 6 made up of a plurality of fuel nozzles 25, and the inside of the gas turbine combustor 2 in the downstream side of the multi-burner 6 is provided with an approximately cylindrical combustor liner 10 for separating the high-pressure air and fuel gas.
  • a chamber 5 is formed in the combustor liner 10 to mix and burn the high-pressure air 16 and the gas fuel 50 to generate the high-temperature combustion gas 18.
  • An approximately cylindrical flow sleeve 11 is disposed around the outer periphery of the combustor liner 10, and the sleeve becomes an external wall forming an air passage for passing the high-pressure air.
  • the diameter of the flow sleeve 11 is larger than that of the combustor liner 10, and the flow sleeve 11 is disposed concentrically with the combustor liner 10.
  • the downstream side of the combustor liner 10 is a transition piece 12 for introducing the high-temperature combustion gas 18 generated in the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2 into the turbine 3.
  • a flow sleeve 13 for surrounding the transition piece 12 is disposed around the outer periphery of the transition piece 12 in the downstream side of the flow sleeve 11.
  • the sucked air 15 is pressurized by the compressor 1 and then becomes the high-pressure air 16. After the high-pressure air 16 fills the casing 4, it flows into a space between the transition piece 12 and the flow sleeve 13 for surrounding the transition piece 12 to cool the transition piece 12 from the external surface in the form of convection cooling.
  • the high-pressure air 16 passes through an annular passage formed between the flow sleeve 11 and the combustor liner 10 to flow toward the head portion of the gas turbine combustor 2.
  • the high-pressure air 16 is used for convection cooling of the combustor liner 10 as it flows.
  • part of the high-pressure air 16 flows into the combustor liner 10 from numerous cooling holes provided to the combustor liner 10 to be used for film cooling of the combustor liner 10.
  • the remaining combustion air 17 which was not used for the film cooling of the combustor liner 10 flows into the chamber 5 from numerous air holes 32 provided in an air hole plate 31 located at the upstream side of the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2.
  • the combustion air 17 flowed into the combustor liner 10 from the numerous air holes 32 is burned in the chamber 5 formed in the combustor liner 10 along with fuel ejected from a plurality of fuel nozzles 25 of the multi-burner 6 to generate the high-temperature combustion gas 18.
  • the high-temperature combustion gas 18 generated by the burning in the chamber 5 in the combustor liner 10 is supplied to the turbine 3 through the transition piece 12 to drive the turbine 3.
  • the high-temperature combustion gas 18 is discharged from the turbine 3 as exhaust gas 19.
  • the drive force obtained by the turbine 3 is transferred to the compressor 1 and the generator 8 through the shaft 7. Part of the drive force obtained by the turbine 3 drives the compressor 1 to pressurize air to generate high-pressure air. The other part of the drive force obtained by the turbine 3 rotates the generator 8 to generate power.
  • the multi-burner 6 made up of the plurality of fuel nozzles 25 in the gas turbine combustor 2 is, as shown in Fig. 1 , fixed with four fuel systems for supplying the fuel 50, which are a first fuel system 51 to a fourth fuel system 54.
  • the first fuel system 51 to the fourth fuel system 54 are provided with fuel rate adjusting valves 61 to 64 respectively, and the flow rates of the fuel 50 supplied through the first fuel system 51 to the fourth fuel system 54 are adjusted by changing the opening rate of the respective fuel rate adjusting valves 61 to 64 based on a control signal from a control device 100 to control the output of the gas turbine plant 9.
  • the upstream side of the branching point where the system is branched into four systems of the first fuel system 51 to the fourth fuel system 54 is provided with a fuel cutoff valve 60 for cutting off the supply of the fuel 50.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the detailed configuration of the disk-shaped air hole plate 31, a multi-burner 6 having the plurality of fuel nozzles 25, and fuel nozzle headers 23 constituting a fuel supply portion of the gas turbine combustor 2 according to the present embodiment
  • Fig. 3 is the front view of the gas turbine combustor 2 in which the air hole plate 31 is viewed from the chamber 5. The detail of the multi-burner 6 of the gas turbine combustor 2 will be described below with reference to Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the multi-burner 6 provided with the plurality of fuel nozzles 25 is made up of a center burner 33 disposed corresponding to the center of the disk-shaped air hole plate 31 and six outer burners 37 disposed away from each other around the center burner 33 between the center and the outer periphery of the air hole plate 31.
  • the center burner 33 and the outer burners 37 are each installed with the numerous fuel nozzles 25 constituting these center burner 33 and outer burners 37 and the fuel nozzle headers 23 for distributing fuel to the fuel nozzles 25 in the upstream side of the fuel nozzles 25.
  • the numerous air holes 32 which pass air and the fuel ejected from the fuel nozzles 25 for ejecting them to the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2 are provided to the air hole plate 31 which is installed in the downstream side of the fuel nozzles 25 and the upstream side of the chamber 5.
  • the numerous air holes 32 formed in the air hole plate 31 correspond one-to-one with the numerous fuel nozzles 25 provided to each of the center burner 33 and the six outer burners 37 around the center burner 33; the air hole plate 31 is installed so as to partition the chamber 5.
  • the numerous air holes 32 formed in the air hole plate 31 are made up of a plurality of air holes 32 in the first row in the center, a plurality of air holes 32 in the second row around the first row, and a plurality of air holes 32 in the third row around the second row in the center region of the air hole plate 31 corresponding to the center burner 33; the three rows of air holes 32 are arranged concentrically in the center region of the air hole plate 31.
  • six areas in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 corresponding to the six outer burners 37 each have a plurality of air holes 32 in the first row in the center, a plurality of air holes 32 in the second row around the first row, and a plurality of air holes 32 in the third row around the second row; the three rows of air holes 32 are formed concentrically in each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31.
  • the numerous air holes 32 formed in each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 corresponding to the numerous fuel nozzles 25 installed in each of the center burner 33 and the outer burners 37 are formed diagonally with respect to the axis of the chamber 5 so that each air hole has an angle of traverse to the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2.
  • the numerous air holes 32 formed in the air holes plate 31 cause swirl flows 40 to be formed, which are mixed flows of fuel and air formed in the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2 in the downstream side of the center burner 33 and the outer burners 37, and the swirl flows 40 generate recirculation flows 41 which hold flames 42 formed by burning the fuel in the chamber 5 of the gas turbine combustor 2.
  • the six outer burners 37 installed to the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment each have numerous inner fuel nozzles 25a and numerous outer fuel nozzles 25b, and the second fuel system 52 to the fourth fuel system 54 are separately installed to supply fuel to the inner fuel nozzles 25a and the outer fuel nozzles 25b.
  • the center burner 33 disposed in the center region of the air hole plate 31 in the gas turbine combustor 2 of the present embodiment has the numerous fuel nozzles 25, to which fuel is supplied by the first fuel system 51 connected to the center burner 33.
  • the six outer burners 37 installed in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 each have the inner fuel nozzles 25a, as shown in Fig. 2 , corresponding to the plurality of air holes 32 in the first row in the center of each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 and the outer fuel nozzles 25b corresponding to the plurality of air holes 32 in the second and the third rows in each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31, and the second fuel system 52 to the fourth fuel system 54 are connected to the inner fuel nozzles 25a and the outer fuel nozzles 25b separately.
  • the second fuel system 52 or the third fuel system 53 is connected to the inner fuel nozzles 25a of the outer burners 37 corresponding to the plurality of air holes 32 in the first row in the center of each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31, and the branched fourth fuel system 54 is connected to the outer fuel nozzles 25b of the outer burners 37 corresponding to the plurality of air holes 32 in the second and the third rows in each area in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31.
  • the six outer burners 37 installed in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 are, as shown in Fig. 3, made up of two specific outer burners 37A which are installed obliquely lower than the center burner 33 in either side (near crossfire tubes 76 to be described later) of the center burner 33 located in the center of the air hole plate 31, and the other four outer burners 37B installed above, below, and obliquely higher than the center burner 33.
  • the two specific outer burners 37A are divided into a group of outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side and a group of outer burner's outer portions 38 around the outer burner's inner portions 37a.
  • the four outer burners 37B are divided into a group of outer burner's inner portions 37b in the inner side and a group of outer burner's outer portions 38 around the outer burner's inner portions 37b.
  • the second fuel system 52 is connected to the inner fuel nozzles 25a disposed in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A, and the third fuel system 53 is connected to the inner fuel nozzles 25a disposed in the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the four outer burners 37B.
  • the fourth fuel system 54 is branched and connected to the outer fuel nozzles 25b disposed in the outer burner's outer portions 38 of the two specific outer burners 37A and the four outer burners 37B respectively.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment is operated in operation modes shown in Fig. 4 . That is, in the operating method of the gas turbine combustor 2 according to the present embodiment, the opening rates of the fuel rate adjusting valves 61 to 64 installed to the first fuel system 51 to the fourth fuel system 54 are adjusted to control the supply of fuel according to an increase in the load of the gas turbine based on an operation mode command outputted from the control device 100 shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 61 installed to the first fuel system 51 is adjusted to control the supply of fuel based on a control signal from the control device 100 and only the center burner 33 of the gas turbine combustor 2 is burned by itself.
  • the low load operation mode A where the center burner 33 in the multi-burner provided to the gas turbine combustor 2 is burned alone is switched to a partial load operation mode B where the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two specific outer burners 37A among the outer burners 37 are burned; in this case, not only the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 61 installed to the first fuel system 51 for supplying fuel to the center burner 33 but also the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 62 installed to the second fuel system 52 is controlled based on a control signal from the control device 100 to adjust the supply of fuel supplied to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two outer burners 37A to burn the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two outer burners 37A; in this way, the operation mode is switched to the partial load operation mode B
  • Supplying fuel only to the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two outer burners 37A can limit the number of the fuel nozzles for supplying fuel to a small number, so that a fuel air ratio can be increased locally in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A.
  • the operation mode B is switched to a partial load operation mode C where fuel is supplied not only to the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A but also to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37b in the inner side of the four outer burners 37B to be burned; in this case, in addition to controlling the opening rates of the fuel rate adjusting valve 61 installed to the first fuel system 51 for supplying fuel to the center burner 33 and the fuel rate adjusting valve 62 installed to the second fuel system 52 for supplying fuel to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two outer burner 37A, the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 63 installed to the third fuel system 53 for supplying fuel to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37b in the inner side of the four outer burners 37B is controlled based on a control
  • the fuel is supplied only to the center burner 33, the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the two outer burners 37A, and the outer burner's inner portions 37b in the inner side of the four outer burners 37B to be burned, which can limit the number of the fuel nozzles for supplying fuel to a small number, so that the fuel air ratio can be increased locally in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A and the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the four outer burners 37B.
  • the operation mode C is switched to a full load operation mode D where fuel is supplied not only to the center burner 33, the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A, and the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the four outer burners 37B but also to the fuel nozzles 25b in the outer burner's outer portions 38 of the two outer burner 37A and the four outer burners 37B through the fourth fuel system 54 to be burned.
  • the opening ratio of the fuel rate adjusting valve 64 installed to the fourth fuel system 54 for supplying fuel to the fuel nozzles 25b in the outer burner's outer portions 38 in the outer side of the two outer burners 37A and the four outer burners 37B are controlled based on a control signal from the control device 100 to adjust the supply of fuel to be burned; in this way, the operation mode is switched to the full load operation mode D with increased load,
  • the operation modes A, B, and C are used in lower load conditions than the operation mode D where fuel is supplied to all the fuel systems 51 to 54; and in these modes, the center burner 33, the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burner 37A, and the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the four outer burner 37B among the six outer burners 37 are combined to be used so that the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in the liner metal temperature can be reduced.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment includes a plurality of gas turbine combustors 2 installed in the outer periphery of the gas turbine; among which one of combustors, a gas turbine combustor 2a is provided with an ignition plug 77, and the gas turbine combustor 2a and a gas turbine combustor 2b installed adjacent to the gas turbine combustor 2a are connected by a crossfire tube 76 to propagate a flame.
  • the two outer burners 37A disposed obliquely lower than the center burner 33 in either side each have the outer burner's inner portion 37a in the inner side and the outer burner's outer portion 38 in the outer side.
  • the remaining four outer burners 37B other than the two outer burners 37A each have the outer burner's inner portion 37b in the inner side and the outer burner's outer portion 38 in the outer side.
  • the two outer burners 37A provided with the outer burner's inner portion 37a are each disposed to be closest to the respective crossfire tube 76 among the plurality of outer burners 37.
  • fuel is supplied to the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A in the multi-burner 6 provided in the gas turbine combustor 2a having the ignition plug 77, and the ignition plug 77 is ignited to burn the fuel supplied to the center burner 33 and the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the outer burners 37A; in this way, flames are formed in the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burner 37A located near the crossfire tubes 76.
  • the configuration of the outer burners 37 made up of a center burner 33, two outer burners 37A installed near the crossfire tubes 76, and four outer burners 37B in the multi-burner 6 in the adjacent gas turbine combustor 2b is the same as that of the outer burners 37 made up of the center burner 33, the two outer burner 37A, and the four outer burners 37B in the multi-burner 6 in the gas turbine combustor 2a.
  • the fuel supplied to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the two outer burners 37A located near the crossfire tubes 76 is easily ignited by the high-temperature combustion gas flowed from the gas turbine combustor 2a via the crossfire tube 76 to form flames in the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the outer burners 37A.
  • a gas turbine combustor 2 is shown in Fig. 6 in which the center burner 33 is divided into a center burner's inner portion 33a and a center burner's outer portion 33b and the fuel system 51 for supplying fuel to the center burner 33 is divided into two systems for supplying fuel to the center burner's inner portion 33a and to the center burner's outer portion 33b.
  • the rate of fuel supplied to the center burner's inner portion 33a can be made higher than the rate of fuel supplied to the center burner's outer portion 33b to keep the local flame temperature of the center portion high, and since the center portion is the source of flame holding, the loss of flame can be prevented. This can widen a range of the operating conditions of the center burner and allows greater flexibility in using the combustor.
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor can be achieved to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in the liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • a gas turbine combustor 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 .
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment has the same basic configuration and effect as the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 , thus redundant descriptions are omitted and only a difference will be explained.
  • Fig. 7 shows the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment; it is a front view of burners viewed from a chamber. Each burner is divided into sections to which fuel is supplied by the same fuel system.
  • outer burners 37 installed in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 are, as shown in Fig. 7 , made up of three outer burners 37A including the outer burner 37A located at the top and the two specific outer burners 37A installed obliquely lower than the center burner 33 in either side (near the crossfire tubes 76) of the center burner 33 located in the center of the air hole plate 31, and three outer burners 37B installed in the other locations, that is, directly below and obliquely higher than the center burner 33.
  • These outer burners 37A and outer burners 37B are disposed alternately.
  • the inner fuel nozzles 25a disposed in the outer burner's inner portion 37a of the outer burner 37A disposed at the top are connected with a branched second fuel system 52.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment is operated in the operation modes shown in Fig. 8 .
  • a difference with those of the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Fig. 4 is when the gas turbine is switched from the operation mode A to the operation mode B, that is, from low load operation to partial load operation with increased load.
  • the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 61 installed to the first fuel system 51 for supplying fuel to the center burner 33 but also the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 62 installed to the second fuel system 52 is controlled based on a control signal from the control device 100 to adjust the supply of fuel supplied to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the three outer burners 37A to burn the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the three outer burners 37A; in this way, the operation mode is switched to the partial load operation mode B with increased load.
  • Supplying fuel only to the center burner 33 and the outer burner's inner portions 37a located in the inner side of the three outer burners 37A such as above can limit the number of the fuel nozzles for supplying fuel to a small number so that a fuel air ratio can be increased locally in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the three outer burner 37A.
  • a deviation can be set for the rate of fuel supplied to the outer burner's inner portions 37a and the outer burner's inner portions 37b and the temperatures of combustion gas in the neighboring burners can be changed to change the combustion speed of flames formed.
  • the three outer burners 37A and the three outer burners 37B are disposed alternately to configure the six outer burners 37, allowing more effective control of the amplification of pressure fluctuation.
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor can be achieved to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in the liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • a gas turbine combustor 2 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 9 and 10 .
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment has the same basic configuration and effect as the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 , thus redundant descriptions are omitted and only a difference will be explained.
  • Fig. 9 is a gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment; it is a front view of burners viewed from a chamber. Each burner is divided into sections to which fuel is supplied by the same fuel system.
  • six outer burners 37 installed in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 are, as shown in Fig. 9 , made up of three outer burners 37A including the outer burner 37A located at the bottom and the specific two outer burners 37A installed obliquely lower than the center burner 33 in either side (near the crossfire tubes 76) of the center burner 33 located in the center of the air hole plate 31, and three outer burners 37B installed higher than the center burner 33, that is, directly above and obliquely higher than the center burner 33.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment is operated in the operation modes shown in Fig. 10 .
  • a difference with those of the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Fig. 4 is when the gas turbine is switched from the operation mode A to the operation mode B, that is, from low load operation to partial load operation with increased load.
  • the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 61 installed to the first fuel system 51 for supplying fuel to the center burner 33 but also the opening rate of the fuel rate adjusting valve 62 installed to the second fuel system 52 is controlled based on a control signal from the control device 100 to adjust the supply of fuel supplied to the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the three outer burners 37A to burn the fuel nozzles 25a in the outer burner's inner portions 37a in the inner side of the three outer burners 37A; in this way, the operation mode is switched to the partial load operation mode B with increased load.
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor can be achieved to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in the liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • a gas turbine combustor 2 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 11 and 12 .
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment has the same basic configuration and effect as the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 , thus redundant descriptions are omitted and only a difference will be explained.
  • Fig. 11 showing the gas turbine combustor 2 of the present embodiment is a front view of the burners viewed from the chamber. Each burner is divided into sections to which fuel is supplied by the same fuel system.
  • six outer burners 37 installed in the peripheral region of the air hole plate 31 are, as shown in Fig. 11 , made up of two specific outer burners 37A installed obliquely lower than the center burner 33 in either side (near the crossfire tubes 76) of the center burner 33 located in the center of the air hole plate 31 and four outer burners 37B including the two outer burners 37B installed above and below the center burner 33 and the two outer burners 37B installed obliquely higher than the center burner 33.
  • the burners in the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment including the center burner 33, the two outer burners 37A, and the four outer burners 37B each have air holes arranged in four circular rows and fuel nozzles disposed in four rows corresponding to the air holes.
  • the air holes in the two rows from the center in the outer burners 37A are controlled as the same group and the air holes in the two rows from the center in the outer burners 37B are also controlled as the same group.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment is operated in the operation modes shown in Fig. 12 in the same manner as the operation modes of the gas turbine combustor 2 in the first embodiment shown in Fig. 4 .
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment can increase the area of boundary between fuel and air by increasing the number of nozzles without enlarging the air holes and the fuel nozzles to promote the mixture of fuel and air. Then, uniform premixed combustion can be achieved to obtain low NOx combustion.
  • the gas turbine combustor 2 in the present embodiment has two rows of air holes in the outer burner's inner portions 37a of the outer burners 37A and the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the outer burners 37B to enlarge the flame holding area, thus flames can be held stably.
  • having the two rows of air holes in the outer burner's inner portions 37 of the outer burners 37A and the outer burner's inner portions 37b of the outer burners 37B will lower the local fuel air ratios in partial load conditions, but since the fuel rate of the entire gas turbine is increased and the fuel is burned diffusely, the discharge of unburned combustibles can be reduced.
  • a gas turbine combustor and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor can be achieved to allow the gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner to ensure combustion stability in the entire range of load conditions of the gas turbine and reduce the generation of unburned combustibles and an increase in the liner metal temperature at the same time in partial load conditions of the gas turbine.
  • the present invention is applicable to a gas turbine combustor equipped with a multi-burner and an operating method of the gas turbine combustor.

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