US20110113784A1 - Swirler Vane, Swirler and Burner Assembly - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a swirler vane for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner and an injection feed hole connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed.
- the invention relates further to a swirler, comprising a plurality of swirler vanes, and to a burner assembly, in particular of a gas turbine engine.
- the main purpose of a burner assembly of a gas turbine engine is to mix fuel with air to obtain stable and efficient combustion with good flame stability and the smallest possible amount of NO X emissions. Therefore, the burner assembly design must ensure that proper amounts of fuel are introduced in the right locations within the burner fuel vaporization takes place.
- the combustion efficiency for fuel has to be improved. This can be achieved, for example, by a good atomization and a good vaporization of liquid fuel, whereby better atomization allows more vaporization.
- Swirlers may be provided to gain better mixing of fuel and air.
- Swirlers are comprised of swirler vanes defining swirl slots, arranged in such a way that air, into which fuel is injected, will start a rotational movement which results in a better fuel and air mixture.
- Liquid fuel provided by a main liquid fuel feed will be injected into the air stream through injection feed holes.
- the swirler vanes are guiding the air flow, enriched by the fuel, into a combustion zone.
- the liquid fuel is further atomised by the use of a nozzle positioned on the base of the injection hole or the swirl slot.
- One disadvantage of the nozzle is that it injects the fuel in a non optimised location due to the mechanical constraints of the system.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an improved swirler vane, an improved swirler and an improved burner assembly, which enable a good fuel and air mixing—particularly the mixing of liquid fuel and air—and which reduce the emissions of the burner assembly of a gas turbine. Furthermore an improved serviceability of a swirler and a burner assembly is desired.
- a swirler vane for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and an injection feed hole passages—particularly comprising a section in form of a gallery—connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured—i.e. built up—by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane is built up using laser deposition.
- One advantage of such a laser deposition grown swirler vane or such a tip of the swirler vane is that the heat treatment during the laser deposition relaxes stresses due to thermal expansion mismatch in the swirler vane, in particular between the swirler vane and the film, since growth occurs at high temperatures, around about 800° C.
- the design and shape of a swirler vane or a tip of a swirler vane can be influenced very exactly.
- the swirler itself can be made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the fuel—particularly liquid fuel—to be injected at the tip of the swirler vane at least a portion of the tip is built up using laser deposition.
- Laser deposition or pulsed laser deposition is a thin film deposition technique where a high power pulsed laser beam is focused inside a vacuum chamber to strike a target of a desired composition. Thereby material is vaporized from the target and deposited as a thin film on the swirler vane and the wall of the injection hole and/or the injection feed hole passages inside the swirler vane, respectively.
- a swirler vane or such a tip of a swirler vane is very heat resistant.
- the friction resistance of the injection hole and/or the injection feed hole is decreased by a laser depositioned surface. Therefore the fuel can be guided through the injection feed hole passages and/or the injection hole much more accurate.
- a swirler vane or the tip of a swirler vane which are built up using laser deposition can accurately control the fuel being injected.
- One swirler vane can have two or more injections holes, if desired.
- the swirler vane is characterized in that the wall of the at least one injection hole is being manufactured—i.e. built up or formed—by laser deposition. Additional or alternative to that a swirler vane is preferred whereby at least a part of the injection feed hole passages, which end in the at least one injection hole, is being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the swirler vane is shaped as a pie slice.
- the swirler vanes can be of a pie slice type with substantially triangular footprints and rectangular side faces and a slightly curved outer surface. The tips of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, are directed to the swirling zone of the burner assembly.
- the shape of the at least one injection hole can vary.
- the injection hole can take whatever shape for good mixing, as it is formed using laser deposition.
- the at least one injection hole of the swirler vane has a rectangular, a circular, a polygonal, an oval or a triangular shape.
- the at least one injection hole of the swirler vane can be shaped like a slot.
- the injection hole or holes can be located on either the pressure or suction side or on both sides of the swirl slot in order to give optimised mixing.
- the swirler vane is characterized in that a perforated plate, which comprises one or several holes, is being placed into the at least one injection hole.
- a perforated plate can be placed into the laser deposited injection hole to give a very fine control of the fuel—particularly of liquid fuel—being injected to the swirling zone of the burner assembly.
- a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate can be placed into the injection holes of each laser deposited swirler tip, to give fine control of the fuel being injected to the burner assembly.
- a swirler in particular a swirler of a burner assembly of a gas turbine engine, comprising a plurality of swirler vanes according to the first aspect of the invention.
- a swirler with a plurality of swirler vanes which are built for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and injection feed hole passages—particularly an injection feed hole gallery—connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, particularly for liquid fuel, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition, can improve the mixing of the fuel and air in the swirling zone, which is placed upstream the combustion zone of the burner assembly.
- the flow of the fuel through the injection holes and the injection feed holes passages can be increased and better controlled, respectively.
- the mixing of the fuel with air can be improved by injection of the fuel into the swirler shear layer.
- Such a swirler can reduce the emissions of the burner assembly of the gas turbine engine.
- the swirler is characterized in that the swirler vanes build a first part of overall swirler vanes, whereby a second part of the overall swirler vanes comprise at least one second injection hole for injecting gaseous fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and second injection feed hole passages connecting the at least one second injection hole with a main gaseous fuel feed.
- the first parts of the overall swirler vanes build an inner swirler and the second part of the overall swirler vanes build an outer swirler.
- the swirler can be split into two parts, namely an inner swirler and an outer swirler.
- the inner swirler is responsible for the liquid fuel supply from the main liquid fuel inlet to the swirling zone of the burner.
- the outer swirler is responsible for the air supply from the air inlet to the swirling zone of the burner assembly.
- the outer swirler is furthermore responsible for the gaseous fuel supply from the main gaseous fuel inlet to the swirling zone of the burner assembly.
- the swirler is built modular. In a mounted position the two swirler parts are fixed in such a way that the swirler vanes, which are part of the inner swirler, and the swirler vanes, which are part of the outer swirler, build overall vanes. These overall vanes are preferably shaped as a pie slice.
- the inner swirler may be formed in pie slice form itself and may form the tip of the overall pie sliced vanes, once assembled.
- Walls of the vanes of the inner swirler part and walls of vanes of the outer swirler part will be aligned when mounted to gain the overall pie slice form.
- the pie slice shape of the two part together then, during operation, provide the feed of the air and the fuel/air mixture to the combustor.
- the invention is also directed to a swirler comprising a plurality of swirler vanes positioned radially around a central axis of the swirler and a plurality of mixing channels for mixing fuel and air, characterized in that the swirler being assembled from a first swirler piece and a separate second swirler piece, the first swirler piece comprises a first platform on which a plurality of first sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached and the second swirler piece comprises a second platform on which a plurality of second sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached.
- the swirler being assembled such as the plurality of first sections form a downstream section of walls of the mixing channels and the plurality of second sections form an upstream section of the walls of the mixing channels.
- the two separate pieces can be manufactured separately and provide a modular layout of the swirler.
- the first and the second piece will be assembled in such a way that the form mixing channels with walls in which the downstream section of the walls are a direct continuation of the upstream section of the walls, such as the downstream section of a specific wall lies in the same plane as the upstream section of the wall.
- the first piece will define an inner region of the swirler and the second piece will define an outer region of the swirler.
- the first piece will be in shape of a circle with an outer radius R and the second piece will be in a torus-like shape, with an inner radius having the same radius R as the outer radius of the first piece.
- the pilot burner and the adaptor plate which fixed the swirler parts, can be retained compared to a known burner assembly of gas turbine engine. Only the swirler differs to the known burner assemblies of gas turbine engines.
- the two swirler elements namely the inner and the outer swirler, can be made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the fuel—particularly liquid fuel—to be injected at the tip of each swirler vane a portion of the tip is built up using laser deposition.
- a burner assembly in particular of a gas turbine engine, comprising a swirler according to the second aspect of the invention.
- a burner assembly with a swirler comprising a plurality of swirler vanes according to the first aspect of the invention can improve the mixing of the fuel and the air in the swirling zone of a burner assembly.
- a burner assembly with a swirler with a plurality of swirler vanes which are built for providing fuel to a swirling zone of a burner, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and injection feed hole passages connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition, can improve the mixing of the fuel and the air in the swirling zone, which is placed upstream the combustion zone of the burner assembly.
- the flow of the fuel through the injection holes and the injection feed hole galleries can be increased.
- Such a burner assembly can reduce the emissions of the gas turbine engine.
- the burner assembly is characterized in that the inner swirler is fixed to a main liquid fuel inlet, which comprises the main liquid fuel feed.
- the inner swirler can be fixed friction locked and/or material locked at the main liquid inlet of the burner assembly.
- the outer swirler can be fixed friction locked and/or material locked at the adapter plate of the burner assembly.
- inventive concept also applies, without limitation, to a feed with gaseous fuel or even both types of fuel.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an inventive swirler with inventive swirler vanes and the swirling zone of a burner assembly
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective section view of a burner assembly and of an inventive swirler
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed
- FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed according to FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 shows another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed according to FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 6 shows a sectional view through a burner assembly
- FIG. 7 shows an enlarged sectional view through an injection area of a swirler vane of the inner swirler
- FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of some inventive swirler vanes of an inner swirler.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a possible embodiment of an inventive swirler 2 with inventive swirler vanes 10 a and a swirling zone 3 of a burner assembly having a pilot burner 1 in its centre.
- the swirler 2 is split into two parts, an inner swirler 2 a and an outer swirler 2 b .
- the swirler vanes 10 a build a first part of overall swirler vanes 10 , whereby the swirler vanes 10 b build the second part of the overall swirler vanes 10 of the swirler 2 .
- the inner swirler 2 a comprises two or more swirler vanes 10 a .
- Each swirler vane 10 a provides fuel—preferably liquid fuel but possibly also gaseous fuel—to a swirling zone 3 of the burner assembly.
- each swirler vane 10 a of the inner swirler 2 a is built up using laser deposition.
- the tip 20 a as a whole can be manufactured by laser deposition or only the surface of the tip 20 a is can be manufactured by laser deposition.
- One swirler vane 10 a of the inner swirler 2 a and one swirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b build an overall swirler vane 10 , which is of a pie slice shape.
- Each swirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b has at least one injection hole 5 for injecting air to the swirling zone 3 .
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective section view of a burner assembly and of an inventive swirler 2 .
- Liquid fuel is guided through the main liquid fuel feed inlet 8 of the main liquid fuel burner section 4 to injection feed hole passages 12 in form of a gallery in the inner swirler 2 a .
- the injection feed hole passages 12 of the inner swirler 2 a guide the liquid fuel to the injection holes 11 in the swirler vanes 10 a and the tip of the swirler vanes 10 a of the inner swirler 2 a , respectively.
- the inner swirler is fixed, in particular welded or bolted, to the adaptor plate 9 .
- the adaptor plate 9 receives positive locking the main liquid fuel burner section 4 and the inner swirler 2 a .
- each swirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b has at least one injection hole 5 for injecting air to the swirling zone 3 .
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of an inner swirler 2 a and a main liquid fuel burner section 4 .
- the liquid fuel coming from the main liquid fuel inlet 8 is guided through the gallery of the injection feed hole passages 12 in the inner swirler 2 a to every swirler vane 10 a .
- From the gallery as part of the injection feed hole passages 12 a connection is present that ends with the injection holes 11 of each swirler vane 10 a .
- This connection is marked in FIG. 3 with the reference sign 12 , because it is also part of the injection feed hole passages 12 .
- the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a where the injection hole 11 is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler 2 a and a main liquid fuel burner section 4 according to FIG. 3 .
- the tips 20 a of each swirler vanes 10 a are being manufactured by laser deposition or comprise at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the inner swirler 2 a is arranged in a way that the injection feed hole passages 12 are aligned with the main liquid fuel inlet 8 of the main liquid fuel burner section 4 .
- FIG. 5 discloses another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler 2 a and a main liquid fuel burner section 4 according to FIG. 3 .
- the inner swirler 2 a comprises a couple of swirler vanes 10 a .
- the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a where the injection holes 11 are arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the main liquid fuel burner section 4 comprises a main liquid fuel inlet 8 which guides the liquid fuel to the inner swirler 2 a.
- FIG. 6 is a sectional view through a burner assembly shown.
- the main liquid fuel burner section 4 is fixed between the pilot burner 1 and the adaptor plate 9 .
- the swirler 2 is divided into two parts. The first part is being built by the inner swirler 2 a and the second part is being built by the outer swirler 2 b .
- the inner swirler 2 a is responsible for guiding liquid fuel coming from the main liquid fuel inlet 8 to the swirling zone 3 of the burner assembly. Therefore, the inner swirler 2 a comprises injection feed hole passages 12 which are guiding the liquid fuel to the injection holes 11 in the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a .
- each swirler vane 10 a is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. This makes the injection holes 11 in the tip 20 a of each swirler vane very definitely, so that the liquid fuel can be channeled very accurate to the swirling zone of the burner assembly. This results in a better mixing of the liquid fuel and air.
- FIG. 7 shows an enlarged sectional view through an injection area of a swirler vane 2 of the inner swirler 2 a .
- the inner swirler 2 a comprises a couple of swirler vanes 10 a .
- Each swirler vane comprises a tip 20 a , which is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- injection holes 11 arranged in the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a.
- the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a has two injection holes 11 .
- the injection holes are being built very exact because of the laser deposition. That enables the injection holes 11 to control the direction and the amount of the injected liquid fuel very accurate.
- FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of some inventive swirler vanes 10 a of an inner swirler 2 a .
- the injection holes 11 of each swirler vane 10 a are arranged in the tip 20 a of each swirler vane 10 a .
- the tip 20 a is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the injection holes 11 are being built by laser deposition or comprise at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- the injection holes 11 are shaped like a slot.
- a swirler vane 10 in each slot is a perforated plate 13 with three holes 14 arranged.
- a perforated plate 13 can have one or more holes 14 .
- the injection of the liquid fuel can be controlled very accurate by the perforated plate 13 .
- the injection can be made very fine by using such a perforated plate 13 .
- the perforated plate 13 can be a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate. Such a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate gives a liquid fine control of the fuel being injected to the burner assembly.
- Such a swirler improves the liquid fuel and air mixing by injection of liquid fuel into the swirler shear layer. As result of the improved liquid fuel and air mixing the emissions from a gas turbine, in which the burner assembly is arranged, can be reduced. Another advantage is the improved serviceability through the modularisation of the components, in particular the swirler 2 .
- the invention can split for example an existing swirler into two swirler parts 2 a , 2 b . That means the liquid fuel injections is part of the inner swirler 2 a and the air injection is part of the outer swirler 2 b .
- the pilot burner 1 and adaptor plate 9 can be retained in the existing swirler layout, the inner swirler 2 a and the outer swirler can be interchanged with the existing swirler.
- the two swirler elements 2 a , 2 b are made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the liquid fuel to be injected at the tip 20 a of the swirler vane 10 a of the inner swirler 2 a the tip 20 a or a portion of the tip 20 a is built up using laser deposition.
- the injection holes 11 can take whatever shape for good mixing, as they are formed using laser deposition. They could be for example rectangular, circular, square or triangular with a single or multiple point of injection. They can be located on either the pressure or suction side, or at both sides, of the injection holes 11 , in order to give optimised mixing.
- Advantages gained by the invention are the improved fuel mixing, the interchangeable with existing burner assemblies, the reduction in engine emissions, the improved turndown capability and the accurate control of fuel being injected.
Abstract
A swirler vane for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly is provided. The swirler vane includes at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner and an injection feed hole passage connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed. The swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is manufactured by laser deposition or includes at least a surface manufactured by laser deposition. A swirler including a plurality of such swirler vanes and a burner assembly including the swirler with such swirler vanes are also provided.
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- This application claims priority of European Patent Office application No. 09014417.1 EP Filed Nov. 18, 2009, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
- The present invention relates to a swirler vane for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner and an injection feed hole connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed. The invention relates further to a swirler, comprising a plurality of swirler vanes, and to a burner assembly, in particular of a gas turbine engine.
- Air pollution is a worldwide concern and many countries have enacted stricter laws for further limiting the emission of pollutants from gas turbine engines or offer fiscal or other benefits for environmentally sound installations.
- Although the prior techniques for reducing the emissions of NOX from gas turbine engines are steps in the right direction, the need for additional improvements remains.
- The main purpose of a burner assembly of a gas turbine engine is to mix fuel with air to obtain stable and efficient combustion with good flame stability and the smallest possible amount of NOX emissions. Therefore, the burner assembly design must ensure that proper amounts of fuel are introduced in the right locations within the burner fuel vaporization takes place.
- To achieve low emissions the combustion efficiency for fuel has to be improved. This can be achieved, for example, by a good atomization and a good vaporization of liquid fuel, whereby better atomization allows more vaporization.
- Usually the premixing of liquid fuel and air in a gas turbine engine takes place by injecting liquid fuel into an air stream in a swirling zone of the burner assembly which is located upstream from the combustion zone of the burner assembly. The swirling produces a mixing of liquid fuel and air before the mixture enters the combustion zone. The better the mixing of liquid fuel and air and the better the vaporization of the liquid fuel the less emissions can be achieved.
- Swirlers may be provided to gain better mixing of fuel and air. Swirlers are comprised of swirler vanes defining swirl slots, arranged in such a way that air, into which fuel is injected, will start a rotational movement which results in a better fuel and air mixture. Liquid fuel provided by a main liquid fuel feed will be injected into the air stream through injection feed holes. The swirler vanes are guiding the air flow, enriched by the fuel, into a combustion zone. The liquid fuel is further atomised by the use of a nozzle positioned on the base of the injection hole or the swirl slot. One disadvantage of the nozzle is that it injects the fuel in a non optimised location due to the mechanical constraints of the system.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an improved swirler vane, an improved swirler and an improved burner assembly, which enable a good fuel and air mixing—particularly the mixing of liquid fuel and air—and which reduce the emissions of the burner assembly of a gas turbine. Furthermore an improved serviceability of a swirler and a burner assembly is desired.
- The objective is achieved by a swirler vane with the features according to the claims, by a swirler with the features according to the claims, and by a burner assembly with the features according to the claims. Advantages, features, details, aspects and effects of the invention arise from the dependent claims, the description and the figures. Features and details which are described in connection with the swirler vane count as well for the swirler and the burner assembly, and vice versa.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention the objective is achieved by a swirler vane for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and an injection feed hole passages—particularly comprising a section in form of a gallery—connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured—i.e. built up—by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition.
- The swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane is built up using laser deposition. One advantage of such a laser deposition grown swirler vane or such a tip of the swirler vane is that the heat treatment during the laser deposition relaxes stresses due to thermal expansion mismatch in the swirler vane, in particular between the swirler vane and the film, since growth occurs at high temperatures, around about 800° C. The design and shape of a swirler vane or a tip of a swirler vane can be influenced very exactly. The swirler itself can be made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the fuel—particularly liquid fuel—to be injected at the tip of the swirler vane at least a portion of the tip is built up using laser deposition.
- Laser deposition or pulsed laser deposition is a thin film deposition technique where a high power pulsed laser beam is focused inside a vacuum chamber to strike a target of a desired composition. Thereby material is vaporized from the target and deposited as a thin film on the swirler vane and the wall of the injection hole and/or the injection feed hole passages inside the swirler vane, respectively. Such a swirler vane or such a tip of a swirler vane is very heat resistant. The friction resistance of the injection hole and/or the injection feed hole is decreased by a laser depositioned surface. Therefore the fuel can be guided through the injection feed hole passages and/or the injection hole much more accurate. A swirler vane or the tip of a swirler vane which are built up using laser deposition can accurately control the fuel being injected. A swirler vane like that can improve the fuel and air mixing. The fuel can be injected very accurately into the swirler shear layer. Such a swirler vane can reduce the emissions of the burner assembly.
- One swirler vane can have two or more injections holes, if desired.
- Therefore, in a preferred embodiment of the swirler vane, the swirler vane is characterized in that the wall of the at least one injection hole is being manufactured—i.e. built up or formed—by laser deposition. Additional or alternative to that a swirler vane is preferred whereby at least a part of the injection feed hole passages, which end in the at least one injection hole, is being manufactured by laser deposition.
- Preferred is further an embodiment of the swirler vane, whereby the swirler vane is shaped as a pie slice. For example, the swirler vanes can be of a pie slice type with substantially triangular footprints and rectangular side faces and a slightly curved outer surface. The tips of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, are directed to the swirling zone of the burner assembly.
- The shape of the at least one injection hole can vary. The injection hole can take whatever shape for good mixing, as it is formed using laser deposition. In a preferred embodiment of the swirler vane the at least one injection hole of the swirler vane has a rectangular, a circular, a polygonal, an oval or a triangular shape. The at least one injection hole of the swirler vane can be shaped like a slot. The injection hole or holes can be located on either the pressure or suction side or on both sides of the swirl slot in order to give optimised mixing.
- Preferred is further an embodiment of the swirler vane, whereby the swirler vane is characterized in that a perforated plate, which comprises one or several holes, is being placed into the at least one injection hole. Such a perforated plate can be placed into the laser deposited injection hole to give a very fine control of the fuel—particularly of liquid fuel—being injected to the swirling zone of the burner assembly. In particular a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate can be placed into the injection holes of each laser deposited swirler tip, to give fine control of the fuel being injected to the burner assembly.
- According to a second aspect of the invention the objective is achieved by a swirler, in particular a swirler of a burner assembly of a gas turbine engine, comprising a plurality of swirler vanes according to the first aspect of the invention. A swirler with a plurality of swirler vanes, which are built for providing fuel, particularly liquid fuel, to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and injection feed hole passages—particularly an injection feed hole gallery—connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, particularly for liquid fuel, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition, can improve the mixing of the fuel and air in the swirling zone, which is placed upstream the combustion zone of the burner assembly. The flow of the fuel through the injection holes and the injection feed holes passages can be increased and better controlled, respectively. The mixing of the fuel with air can be improved by injection of the fuel into the swirler shear layer. Such a swirler can reduce the emissions of the burner assembly of the gas turbine engine.
- In a preferred embodiment of the swirler, the swirler is characterized in that the swirler vanes build a first part of overall swirler vanes, whereby a second part of the overall swirler vanes comprise at least one second injection hole for injecting gaseous fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and second injection feed hole passages connecting the at least one second injection hole with a main gaseous fuel feed. Advantageously the first parts of the overall swirler vanes build an inner swirler and the second part of the overall swirler vanes build an outer swirler. The swirler can be split into two parts, namely an inner swirler and an outer swirler. The inner swirler is responsible for the liquid fuel supply from the main liquid fuel inlet to the swirling zone of the burner. The outer swirler is responsible for the air supply from the air inlet to the swirling zone of the burner assembly. The outer swirler is furthermore responsible for the gaseous fuel supply from the main gaseous fuel inlet to the swirling zone of the burner assembly. The swirler is built modular. In a mounted position the two swirler parts are fixed in such a way that the swirler vanes, which are part of the inner swirler, and the swirler vanes, which are part of the outer swirler, build overall vanes. These overall vanes are preferably shaped as a pie slice. The inner swirler may be formed in pie slice form itself and may form the tip of the overall pie sliced vanes, once assembled. Walls of the vanes of the inner swirler part and walls of vanes of the outer swirler part will be aligned when mounted to gain the overall pie slice form. The pie slice shape of the two part together then, during operation, provide the feed of the air and the fuel/air mixture to the combustor. This modularization of the swirler components results in an improved serviceability.
- In other words, the invention is also directed to a swirler comprising a plurality of swirler vanes positioned radially around a central axis of the swirler and a plurality of mixing channels for mixing fuel and air, characterized in that the swirler being assembled from a first swirler piece and a separate second swirler piece, the first swirler piece comprises a first platform on which a plurality of first sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached and the second swirler piece comprises a second platform on which a plurality of second sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached. The swirler being assembled such as the plurality of first sections form a downstream section of walls of the mixing channels and the plurality of second sections form an upstream section of the walls of the mixing channels. Thus, the two separate pieces can be manufactured separately and provide a modular layout of the swirler. This is advantageous because only the first piece or only the second piece may be replaced during service. The first and the second piece will be assembled in such a way that the form mixing channels with walls in which the downstream section of the walls are a direct continuation of the upstream section of the walls, such as the downstream section of a specific wall lies in the same plane as the upstream section of the wall. Advantageously, as indicated before, the first piece will define an inner region of the swirler and the second piece will define an outer region of the swirler. Preferably, the first piece will be in shape of a circle with an outer radius R and the second piece will be in a torus-like shape, with an inner radius having the same radius R as the outer radius of the first piece.
- The pilot burner and the adaptor plate, which fixed the swirler parts, can be retained compared to a known burner assembly of gas turbine engine. Only the swirler differs to the known burner assemblies of gas turbine engines. The two swirler elements, namely the inner and the outer swirler, can be made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the fuel—particularly liquid fuel—to be injected at the tip of each swirler vane a portion of the tip is built up using laser deposition.
- According to a third aspect of the invention the objective is achieved by a burner assembly, in particular of a gas turbine engine, comprising a swirler according to the second aspect of the invention. A burner assembly with a swirler comprising a plurality of swirler vanes according to the first aspect of the invention can improve the mixing of the fuel and the air in the swirling zone of a burner assembly. That means, a burner assembly with a swirler with a plurality of swirler vanes, which are built for providing fuel to a swirling zone of a burner, comprising at least one injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly and injection feed hole passages connecting the at least one injection hole with a main fuel feed, whereby the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the at least one injection hole is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition, can improve the mixing of the fuel and the air in the swirling zone, which is placed upstream the combustion zone of the burner assembly. The flow of the fuel through the injection holes and the injection feed hole galleries can be increased. Such a burner assembly can reduce the emissions of the gas turbine engine.
- In a preferred embodiment the burner assembly is characterized in that the inner swirler is fixed to a main liquid fuel inlet, which comprises the main liquid fuel feed. The inner swirler can be fixed friction locked and/or material locked at the main liquid inlet of the burner assembly. The outer swirler can be fixed friction locked and/or material locked at the adapter plate of the burner assembly.
- Even though in some incidents specifically liquid fuel is referred to, the inventive concept also applies, without limitation, to a feed with gaseous fuel or even both types of fuel.
- Further features, properties and advantages of the present invention will become clear from the following description of embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which shown schematically.
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FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an inventive swirler with inventive swirler vanes and the swirling zone of a burner assembly; -
FIG. 2 shows a perspective section view of a burner assembly and of an inventive swirler; -
FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed; -
FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed according toFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 shows another perspective view of a section of an inner swirler and a main liquid fuel feed according toFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 6 shows a sectional view through a burner assembly; -
FIG. 7 shows an enlarged sectional view through an injection area of a swirler vane of the inner swirler; -
FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of some inventive swirler vanes of an inner swirler. - Elements with the same function and mode of operation are provided in the
FIGS. 1 to 8 with the same references. -
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a possible embodiment of an inventive swirler 2 withinventive swirler vanes 10 a and aswirling zone 3 of a burner assembly having apilot burner 1 in its centre. In this embodiment the swirler 2 is split into two parts, aninner swirler 2 a and an outer swirler 2 b. The swirler vanes 10 a build a first part of overall swirler vanes 10, whereby theswirler vanes 10 b build the second part of the overall swirler vanes 10 of the swirler 2. Theinner swirler 2 a comprises two ormore swirler vanes 10 a. Eachswirler vane 10 a provides fuel—preferably liquid fuel but possibly also gaseous fuel—to aswirling zone 3 of the burner assembly. In this embodiment of the swirler 2 thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a of theinner swirler 2 a is built up using laser deposition. Thetip 20 a as a whole can be manufactured by laser deposition or only the surface of thetip 20 a is can be manufactured by laser deposition. Oneswirler vane 10 a of theinner swirler 2 a and oneswirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b build an overall swirler vane 10, which is of a pie slice shape. Eachswirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b has at least oneinjection hole 5 for injecting air to theswirling zone 3. -
FIG. 2 shows a perspective section view of a burner assembly and of an inventive swirler 2. Liquid fuel is guided through the main liquidfuel feed inlet 8 of the main liquidfuel burner section 4 to injection feedhole passages 12 in form of a gallery in theinner swirler 2 a. The injectionfeed hole passages 12 of theinner swirler 2 a guide the liquid fuel to the injection holes 11 in theswirler vanes 10 a and the tip of theswirler vanes 10 a of theinner swirler 2 a, respectively. The inner swirler is fixed, in particular welded or bolted, to theadaptor plate 9. Theadaptor plate 9 receives positive locking the main liquidfuel burner section 4 and theinner swirler 2 a. Furthermore, theadaptor plate 9 fixed the outer swirler 2 b, as well. Theinner swirler 2 a is arranged inside the outer swirler 2 b. Eachswirler vane 10 b of the outer swirler 2 b has at least oneinjection hole 5 for injecting air to theswirling zone 3. -
FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of aninner swirler 2 a and a main liquidfuel burner section 4. The liquid fuel coming from the mainliquid fuel inlet 8 is guided through the gallery of the injectionfeed hole passages 12 in theinner swirler 2 a to every swirler vane 10 a. From the gallery as part of the injection feed hole passages 12 a connection is present that ends with the injection holes 11 of eachswirler vane 10 a. This connection is marked inFIG. 3 with thereference sign 12, because it is also part of the injectionfeed hole passages 12. Thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a, where theinjection hole 11 is arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. -
FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of a section of aninner swirler 2 a and a main liquidfuel burner section 4 according toFIG. 3 . Thetips 20 a of each swirler vanes 10 a are being manufactured by laser deposition or comprise at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. Theinner swirler 2 a is arranged in a way that the injectionfeed hole passages 12 are aligned with the mainliquid fuel inlet 8 of the main liquidfuel burner section 4. -
FIG. 5 discloses another perspective view of a section of aninner swirler 2 a and a main liquidfuel burner section 4 according toFIG. 3 . Theinner swirler 2 a comprises a couple ofswirler vanes 10 a. Thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a where the injection holes 11 are arranged, is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. The main liquidfuel burner section 4 comprises a mainliquid fuel inlet 8 which guides the liquid fuel to theinner swirler 2 a. - In
FIG. 6 is a sectional view through a burner assembly shown. The main liquidfuel burner section 4 is fixed between thepilot burner 1 and theadaptor plate 9. The swirler 2 is divided into two parts. The first part is being built by theinner swirler 2 a and the second part is being built by the outer swirler 2 b. Theinner swirler 2 a is responsible for guiding liquid fuel coming from the mainliquid fuel inlet 8 to theswirling zone 3 of the burner assembly. Therefore, theinner swirler 2 a comprises injectionfeed hole passages 12 which are guiding the liquid fuel to the injection holes 11 in thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a. Thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a is being manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. This makes the injection holes 11 in thetip 20 a of each swirler vane very definitely, so that the liquid fuel can be channeled very accurate to the swirling zone of the burner assembly. This results in a better mixing of the liquid fuel and air. -
FIG. 7 shows an enlarged sectional view through an injection area of a swirler vane 2 of theinner swirler 2 a. Theinner swirler 2 a comprises a couple ofswirler vanes 10 a. Each swirler vane comprises atip 20 a, which is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. In thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a areinjection holes 11 arranged. In this embodiment thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a has two injection holes 11. The injection holes are being built very exact because of the laser deposition. That enables the injection holes 11 to control the direction and the amount of the injected liquid fuel very accurate. -
FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of someinventive swirler vanes 10 a of aninner swirler 2 a. The injection holes 11 of eachswirler vane 10 a are arranged in thetip 20 a of eachswirler vane 10 a. Thetip 20 a is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. Especially the injection holes 11 are being built by laser deposition or comprise at least a surface being manufactured by laser deposition. The injection holes 11 are shaped like a slot. In this possible embodiment of a swirler vane 10 in each slot is aperforated plate 13 with threeholes 14 arranged. Generally, aperforated plate 13 can have one ormore holes 14. The injection of the liquid fuel can be controlled very accurate by theperforated plate 13. The injection can be made very fine by using such aperforated plate 13. Theperforated plate 13 can be a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate. Such a pre calibrated micro laser drilled plate gives a liquid fine control of the fuel being injected to the burner assembly. - Such a swirler improves the liquid fuel and air mixing by injection of liquid fuel into the swirler shear layer. As result of the improved liquid fuel and air mixing the emissions from a gas turbine, in which the burner assembly is arranged, can be reduced. Another advantage is the improved serviceability through the modularisation of the components, in particular the swirler 2.
- The invention can split for example an existing swirler into two
swirler parts 2 a, 2 b. That means the liquid fuel injections is part of theinner swirler 2 a and the air injection is part of the outer swirler 2 b. Thepilot burner 1 andadaptor plate 9 can be retained in the existing swirler layout, theinner swirler 2 a and the outer swirler can be interchanged with the existing swirler. - The two
swirler elements 2 a, 2 b are made using conventional machining methods. In order to allow the liquid fuel to be injected at thetip 20 a of theswirler vane 10 a of theinner swirler 2 a thetip 20 a or a portion of thetip 20 a is built up using laser deposition. - The injection holes 11 can take whatever shape for good mixing, as they are formed using laser deposition. They could be for example rectangular, circular, square or triangular with a single or multiple point of injection. They can be located on either the pressure or suction side, or at both sides, of the injection holes 11, in order to give optimised mixing.
- Advantages gained by the invention are the improved fuel mixing, the interchangeable with existing burner assemblies, the reduction in engine emissions, the improved turndown capability and the accurate control of fuel being injected.
- It has to be noted that the discussed embodiments are not restricted to a feed with liquid fuel. Gaseous fuels may alternatively or additionally be provided for the inventive burner assembly, swirler, or swirler vane.
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15. A swirler vane for providing fuel to a swirling zone of a burner assembly, comprising:
an injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly; and
an injection feed hole passage connecting the injection hole with a main fuel feed,
wherein the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the injection hole is arranged, is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises a surface that is manufactured by laser deposition.
16. The swirler vane as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a wall of the injection hole is manufactured by laser deposition.
17. The swirler vane as claimed in claim 15 , wherein at least a part of the injection feed hole passage, which ends in the injection hole, is manufactured by laser deposition.
18. The swirler vane as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the swirler vane is shaped as a pie slice.
19. The swirler vane as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the injection hole includes a rectangular, a circular, a polygonal, an oval or a triangular shape.
20. The swirler vane as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the fuel is a liquid fuel.
21. A swirler, comprising:
a plurality of swirler vanes, each swirler vane, comprising:
a first injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly; and
an injection feed hole passage connecting the first injection hole with a main fuel feed,
wherein the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the injection hole is arranged, is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises a surface that is manufactured by laser deposition.
22. The swirler as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the plurality of swirler vanes comprise a first part of an overall plurality of swirler vanes, whereby a second part of the overall plurality of swirler vanes comprise a second injection hole for injecting a second kind of fuel to a swirling zone of the burner assembly and a second injection feed hole passage connecting the second injection hole with a main second fuel feed.
23. The swirler as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the first part of the overall plurality of swirler vanes comprise an inner swirler and the second part of the overall plurality of swirler vanes comprise an outer swirler.
24. The swirler as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the swirler is part of a gas turbine engine.
25. The swirler as claimed in claim 21 , wherein each of the overall plurality of swirler vanes are shaped as a pie slice.
26. A swirler, comprising:
a plurality of swirler vanes positioned radially around a central axis of the swirler; and
a plurality of mixing channels for mixing fuel and air,
wherein the swirler is assembled from a first swirler piece and a separate second swirler piece,
wherein the first swirler piece comprises a first platform on which a plurality of first sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached and the second swirler piece comprises a second platform on which a plurality of second sections of the plurality of swirler vanes is attached, such as the plurality of first sections form a downstream section of walls of the plurality of mixing channels and the plurality of second sections form an upstream section of the walls of the plurality of mixing channels.
27. A burner assembly, comprising:
a swirler, comprising:
a plurality of swirler vanes, each swirler vane, comprising:
a first injection hole for injecting the fuel to the swirling zone of the burner assembly; and
an injection feed hole passage connecting the first injection hole with a main fuel feed,
wherein the swirler vane or a tip of the swirler vane, where the injection hole is arranged, is manufactured by laser deposition or comprises a surface that is manufactured by laser deposition.
28. The burner assembly as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the burner assembly is that of a gas turbine engine.
29. The burner as claimed in claim 27 ,
wherein an inner swirler is fixed to a main fuel inlet, and
wherein the inner swirler is connected to a main fuel burner section.
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