EP2657608A2 - Brennkammer - Google Patents

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EP2657608A2
EP2657608A2 EP13156623.4A EP13156623A EP2657608A2 EP 2657608 A2 EP2657608 A2 EP 2657608A2 EP 13156623 A EP13156623 A EP 13156623A EP 2657608 A2 EP2657608 A2 EP 2657608A2
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combustor
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Won-Wook Kim
Jeffrey Scott Lebegue
Kevin Weston Mcmahan
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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
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/425—Combustion chambers comprising a tangential or helicoidal arrangement of the flame tubes
    • 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
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/46—Combustion chambers comprising an annular arrangement of several essentially tubular flame tubes within a common annular casing or within individual casings
EP13156623.4A 2012-04-27 2013-02-25 Brennkammer Active EP2657608B1 (de)

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US13/457,754 US20130283802A1 (en) 2012-04-27 2012-04-27 Combustor

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JP (1) JP2013231575A (de)
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EP2657608B1 (de) 2015-12-16
CN103375811A (zh) 2013-10-30
JP2013231575A (ja) 2013-11-14
US20130283802A1 (en) 2013-10-31
EP2657608A3 (de) 2013-12-11

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