EP3182006B1 - Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz comprenant une fixation de bardeau au moyen d'éléments d'encliquetage - Google Patents

Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz comprenant une fixation de bardeau au moyen d'éléments d'encliquetage Download PDF

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EP3182006B1
EP3182006B1 EP16202396.4A EP16202396A EP3182006B1 EP 3182006 B1 EP3182006 B1 EP 3182006B1 EP 16202396 A EP16202396 A EP 16202396A EP 3182006 B1 EP3182006 B1 EP 3182006B1
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Dr. Kay HEINZE
Stefan Penz
Dr. Ivo SZARVASY
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23M—CASINGS, LININGS, WALLS OR DOORS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; DEVICES FOR DEFLECTING AIR, FLAMES OR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION APPARATUS; DETAILS OF COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F23M5/00—Casings; Linings; Walls
    • F23M5/04—Supports for linings
    • 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
    • F23R3/16—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the air-flow or gas-flow configuration with devices inside the flame tube or the combustion chamber to influence the air or gas flow
    • 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
    • F23R3/002—Wall structures
    • 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
    • F23R3/06—Arrangement of apertures along the flame tube
    • 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
    • F23R3/60—Support structures; Attaching or mounting 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
    • F23R2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for continuous combustion chambers; Combustion processes therefor
    • F23R2900/00017—Assembling combustion chamber liners or subparts

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  • the invention relates to a gas turbine combustor according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention relates to a gas turbine combustor having a combustor wall and at least one shingle attached thereto at a distance from the combustor wall.
  • a gas turbine combustor having a combustor wall and at least one shingle attached thereto at a distance from the combustor wall.
  • the outer combustion chamber wall serves as a shingle carrier.
  • the distance between the shingle and the combustion chamber wall is traversed by cooling air.
  • at least one mixing air hole is provided, which penetrates both the combustion chamber wall and the shingle in order to guide mixed air into the interior of the combustion chamber.
  • the shingle has at its peripheral edge on a shingle edge, which rests against the outer combustion chamber wall.
  • the shingle edge serves in particular to maintain the distance between the combustion chamber wall and the shingle and thus to ensure effective cooling.
  • the prior art shows a variety of ways to attach the shingle to the combustion chamber wall:
  • the EP 1 413 831 A1 and the EP 2 886 962 A1 show constructions in which hook elements are provided to fix the shingles.
  • a construction is previously known, in which a stud bolt is connected to a bonded to the cold side of the combustion chamber shingle element.
  • the stud extends through the combustion chamber wall and is bolted to the outside of the combustion chamber wall.
  • a screw connection by means of a bolt which is mounted from the outside of the combustion chamber wall, also shows the EP 2 295 865 A2 .
  • a screw by means of a piece integrally formed with the shingle bolt is from the EP 2 743 585 A1 previously known.
  • a modified construction in which the foot region of the bolt is cooled by impingement cooling, shows the EP 2 700 877 A2 ,
  • combustion chamber shingles protect the combustion chamber housing from high temperatures that arise during combustion in the combustion chamber. To achieve a sufficient service life of the shingles, these are provided on the hot gas side with a ceramic protective layer.
  • the shingles effusion cooling holes through which can escape from the gap between the combustion chamber wall and the shingle cooling air, which lays as a cooling film on the hot side of the shingle. The cooling of the shingle by the Effusionskühllöcher is an essential aspect that ensures a uniform shingles temperature.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a combustion chamber with Schindelbefestist, which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art with a simple structure and simple, cost manufacturability and in particular allows a good cooling of the combustion chamber shingles.
  • the fastening element is provided on its outer side with first Verrastungsstoffn which are engaged with second Verrastungsstoffn which are formed on a tubular Verrastungselement which braces the combustion chamber shingle with the combustion chamber wall.
  • the solution according to the invention thus provides for latching by means of the fastening element.
  • This latching takes place in such a way that the combustion chamber shingle is clamped to the combustion chamber wall with the application of a prestress.
  • no screws or threaded bolts or the like are required. It therefore need not be provided on the shingle itself any additional components.
  • the shingle can be provided with a constant wall thickness, resulting in optimized cooling properties. Since there is no screw connection according to the invention, there is also no risk that the shingle will come off the combustion chamber, for example due to vibrations during operation of the gas turbine.
  • the existing mixing air holes or mixed air openings are used to introduce a respective fastener in these mixed air openings, which is tubular and extends in the direction of the combustion chamber shingles or through this and is used for locking the combustion chamber shingle. There is thus a self-locking jamming of the combustion chamber shingle.
  • the latching element according to the invention is tubular and preferably has on its inside the second latching means.
  • the first and / or the second latching means may be in the form of ring-like elevations and / or grooves.
  • the assembly of the combustion chamber shingle can be carried out according to the invention by manual compression and locking of the fastener and the Verrastungselements. Using suitable tools, it is possible to remove the combustion chamber shingle again, for example for repair or maintenance purposes.
  • a significant advantage of the present invention is that the mixing air hole does not have to be round. Rather, it is also possible to provide elongated or oval mixing air holes and to adjust the fastening elements and the locking elements of the shape of the respective mixing air hole accordingly.
  • the solution according to the invention advantageously makes it possible to mount the combustion chamber shingle on the combustion chamber wall without the combustion chamber shingle contacting the combustion chamber wall directly in the region of the mixing air hole. Rather, the combustion chamber shingles with their shingle edges against the combustion chamber wall to ensure sufficient clearance for the introduction of cooling air.
  • the assembly can be carried out according to the invention so that a bias between the shingle and the combustion chamber wall is achieved.
  • the size of the bias is structurally selectable, for example, by the height of the shingle edge and / or by the dimensioning of the fastener and the tubular Verrastungselements. The preload secures the assembly of the combustion chamber shingles.
  • the gas turbine engine 110 is a generalized example of a turbomachine, in which the invention can be applied.
  • the engine 110 is formed in a conventional manner and comprises in succession an air inlet 111, a fan 112 circulating in a housing, a medium pressure compressor 113, a high pressure compressor 114, a combustion chamber 115, a high pressure turbine 116, a medium pressure turbine 117 and a low pressure turbine 118 and a Exhaust nozzle 119 with an outlet cone, which are all arranged around a central engine center axis 101.
  • the intermediate pressure compressor 113 and the high pressure compressor 114 each include a plurality of stages, each of which includes a circumferentially extending array of fixed stationary vanes 120, commonly referred to as stator vanes, that extend radially inward from the engine casing 121 in an annular flow passage through the compressors 113, 114 protrude.
  • the compressors further include an array of compressor blades 122 projecting radially outward from a rotatable drum or disk 125 coupled to hubs 126 of high pressure turbine 116 and intermediate pressure turbine 117, respectively.
  • the turbine sections 116, 117, 118 have similar steps, comprising an array of fixed vanes 123 extending radially inward from the housing 121 into the housing annular flow channel through the turbines 116, 117, 118 project, and a subsequent arrangement of turbine blades 124 which project outwardly from a rotatable hub 126.
  • the Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal sectional view of a known from the prior art combustion chamber wall in an enlarged view.
  • a combustion chamber 1 is shown with a central axis 9, which comprises a combustion chamber head 3, a base plate 8 and a heat shield 2.
  • a burner seal is provided with the reference numeral 4.
  • the combustion chamber 1 has an outer cold combustion chamber wall 7, to which an inner, hot combustion chamber wall 6 is attached.
  • mixed air mixing air holes 5 are provided for supplying mixed air mixing air holes 5 are provided. The presentation of impingement cooling holes and effusion holes has been omitted for clarity.
  • the Fig. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a first embodiment of the invention.
  • a combustion chamber wall 7 is shown, which forms an outer, cold combustion chamber wall 7 and can also be referred to as a shingle support.
  • the combustion chamber wall 7 is provided with a mixing air hole 5, whose central axis is designated 21.
  • the Fig. 3 shows that the shingle 6 is also provided with a mixing air hole, which is delimited by a tubular latching element 20.
  • an annular flange 23 is provided, which extends into the interior of the combustion chamber 1.
  • second latching means 19 are formed, which are latched into first latching means 18, which are formed on a tubular fastening element 17.
  • the tubular fastening element 17 has an outer annular flange 16, with which it abuts against the cold outside of the combustion chamber wall 7.
  • the latching means 18 and 19 may be in the form of sawtooth or trapezoidal elevations and / or recesses which extend annularly around the circumference of both the latching element 20 and the tubular fastening element 17.
  • the fastening element 17 By pressing the fastening element 17 into the latching element 20, the two elements are locked together. Since the shingle 6 rests with its shingle edge 15 against the combustion chamber wall 7, there is a gap between the latching element 20 and the combustion chamber wall 7. The height of the latching element 20 is thus less than the height of the shingle rim 15. This makes it possible to make the assembly of the shingle 6 on the combustion chamber wall 7 under a bias.

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  1. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz comprenant une paroi de chambre de combustion (7) et au moins un bardeau (6) fixé à celle-ci à distance de la paroi de chambre de combustion (7), le bardeau (6) présentant un bord de bardeau (15) qui s'applique contre la paroi de chambre de combustion (7), la paroi de chambre de combustion (7) et le bardeau de chambre de combustion (6) présentant à chaque fois au moins un trou d'air de mélange (5) et un élément de fixation (17) de forme tubulaire, pourvu d'une bride annulaire (16), étant introduit à travers le trou d'air de mélange (5) de la paroi de chambre de combustion (7), lequel élément de fixation s'applique avec la bride annulaire (16) contre le côté de la paroi de chambre de combustion (7) opposé au bardeau de chambre de combustion (6), caractérisée en ce que l'élément de fixation (17) est pourvu au niveau de son côté extérieur de premiers moyens d'encliquetage (18) qui sont en prise avec des deuxièmes moyens d'encliquetage (19) qui sont réalisés au niveau d'un élément d'encliquetage de forme tubulaire (20) qui serre le bardeau de chambre de combustion (6) avec la paroi de chambre de combustion (7),
    l'élément d'encliquetage (20) et/ou l'élément de fixation (17) étant réalisés sous forme élastique dans la région des moyens d'encliquetage (18, 19) pour l'encliquetage des moyens d'encliquetage (18, 19), et l'élément d'encliquetage (20) présentant une hauteur qui est inférieure à la hauteur du bord du bardeau (15).
  2. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'élément d'encliquetage (20) est réalisé d'une seule pièce avec le bardeau de chambre de combustion (6).
  3. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'élément d'encliquetage (20) est réalisé sous forme de composant séparé.
  4. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que l'élément d'encliquetage (20) réalisé sous forme tubulaire est pourvu au niveau de son côté intérieur des deuxièmes moyens d'encliquetage (19).
  5. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce qu'une distance formant un espace intermédiaire (22) est formée entre l'élément d'encliquetage (20) et la paroi de chambre de combustion (7) dans l'état monté.
  6. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que le bardeau de chambre de combustion (6) est encliqueté avec précontrainte dans la paroi de chambre de combustion (7) au moins dans la région du trou d'air de mélange (5).
  7. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que les premiers (18) et/ou les deuxièmes (19) moyens d'encliquetage sont réalisés sous la forme de rehaussements et/ou de rainures de type annulaire.
  8. Chambre de combustion de turbine à gaz selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'encliquetage (18, 19) sont réalisés de manière amovible.
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