US20150362189A1 - Burner system with resonator - Google Patents
Burner system with resonator Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US20150362189A1 US20150362189A1 US14/303,866 US201414303866A US2015362189A1 US 20150362189 A1 US20150362189 A1 US 20150362189A1 US 201414303866 A US201414303866 A US 201414303866A US 2015362189 A1 US2015362189 A1 US 2015362189A1
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- resonator
- burner
- arrangement
- burner arrangement
- combustion chamber
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
- 238000002485 combustion reaction Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 28
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 description 4
- 230000005534 acoustic noise Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000013016 damping Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000005284 excitation Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000009434 installation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000010304 firing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004048 modification Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000012986 modification Methods 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- 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
- 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
- F23M20/00—Details of combustion chambers, not otherwise provided for, e.g. means for storing heat from flames
- F23M20/005—Noise absorbing 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
- F23R3/002—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
- F23R3/28—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the fuel supply
- F23R3/34—Feeding into different combustion zones
- F23R3/343—Pilot flames, i.e. fuel nozzles or injectors using only a very small proportion of the total fuel to insure continuous combustion
-
- 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
- F23R2900/00014—Reducing thermo-acoustic vibrations by passive means, e.g. by Helmholtz resonators
Definitions
- the present invention refers to a burner system comprising a pilot burner arrangement, a main burner arrangement surrounding the pilot burner arrangement, a combustion chamber arranged downstream with respect to the pilot burner arrangement and the main burner arrangement, and at least one resonator, wherein the main burner arrangement defines a ring-shaped air supply outwardly delimited by a burner cone and provided with radially extending swirl vanes.
- the swirl vanes can be fixed to the burner cone.
- Burner systems of the above-mentioned kind are used for firing fluidic fuels in order to operate a turbo-engine, such as a gas turbine.
- a turbo-engine such as a gas turbine.
- burner systems are prone to combustion dynamics, which may arise as a result of a flame excitation, aerodynamic induced excitation or insufficient damping.
- the combustion dynamics may cause high acoustic noises as well as damages to components of the burner system.
- it is known to perform acoustic damping of critical frequencies by means of resonators, which are, for example, directly fixed to the outer wall of the combustion chamber.
- the present invention provides a burner system of the above-mentioned kind, which is characterized in that a resonator cavity of the at least one resonator is formed at the outside of the burner cone, wherein the resonator cavity is provided with a plurality of resonator openings defining a fluidic connection between the resonator cavity and the combustion chamber.
- a resonator cavity of the at least one resonator is formed at the outside of the burner cone, wherein the resonator cavity is provided with a plurality of resonator openings defining a fluidic connection between the resonator cavity and the combustion chamber.
- the resonator cavity is designed in the form of a ring.
- the resonator cavity can be produced with a low number of parts.
- the ring-shaped resonator cavity can be divided by walls into sections. Each section can comprise at least one of the resonator openings.
- the resonator cavity is defined by at least one panel sheet fixed to the outside of the burner cone.
- the outer wall of the burner cone forms a part of the resonator, which is advantageous with respect to the costs of manufacture.
- the resonator openings are evenly spaced apart from each other.
- the resonator openings are defined by tubes extending through a wall of the resonator cavity.
- Such tubes are advantageous in that their length, their diameter and their installation positions can be easily adapted to the frequencies, which are to be damped by means of the resonator.
- the resonator openings are directed towards the combustion chamber.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a gas turbine according to the prior art
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a part of a burner system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective cross sectional view of the burner system shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a gas turbine 1 according to the prior art.
- the gas turbine 100 has, in the interior, a rotor 300 which is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation 200 and which has a shaft 400 , said rotor also being referred to as turbine rotor.
- a rotor 300 Arranged in succession along the rotor 300 are an intake housing 600 , a compressor 800 , a combustion system 900 , a turbine 140 , and an exhaust housing 150 , the combustion system 900 having a number of combustors 100 which each comprise a burner arrangement 110 and a combustion chamber 120 .
- the combustion system 900 communicates with a hot-gas duct, which is for example of annular form.
- Each turbine stage is formed from rings of blades.
- a row formed from guide blades 170 is followed by a row formed from rotor blades 180 .
- the guide blades 170 are fastened to an inner housing of a stator 190
- the rotor blades 180 of a row are for example attached via a turbine disk to the rotor 300 .
- a generator (not illustrated), for example, is coupled to the rotor 300 .
- air is drawn in through the intake housing 600 , and compressed, by the compressor 800 .
- the compressed air L′′ that is provided at the turbine-side end of the compressor 800 is conducted via a burner plenum 700 to the combustion system 900 and, in the latter, is mixed with a fuel in the region of the burner arrangement 110 .
- the mixture is burned so as to form a working gas stream in the combustion system 900 .
- the working gas stream flows along the hot-gas duct past the guide blades 170 and the rotor blades 180 .
- the working gas stream expands at the rotor blades 180 so as to impart an impetus thereto, such that the rotor blades 180 drive the rotor 300 , and said rotor drives the generator (not illustrated) that is coupled thereto.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show a burner system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the burner system 1 comprises a pilot burner arrangement 2 , a main burner arrangement 3 surrounding the pilot burner arrangement 2 and a combustion chamber (not shown) arranged downstream with respect to the pilot burner arrangement 2 and the main burner arrangement 3 .
- the pilot burner arrangement 2 and the main burner arrangement are both designed to be operated with gaseous and/or liquid fuels.
- the burner system 1 can also be configured to be operated merely with gaseous or merely with liquid fuels.
- the pilot burner arrangement 2 comprises an oil supply 4 leading to an oil nozzle 5 facing towards the combustion chamber. Moreover, the pilot burner arrangement 2 has a gas supply 6 surrounding the oil supply 4 . The gas supply 6 is again surrounded by an air supply 7 provided with swirl vanes 8 in a known fashion.
- the main burner arrangement 3 comprises a gas supply 9 leading to a ring-shaped gas chamber 10 , an oil supply 11 leading to a ring-shaped oil chamber 12 , and a ring-shaped air supply 13 outwardly delimited by a burner cone 14 and provided with radially extending swirl vanes 15 fixed to the burner cone 14 .
- the swirl vanes 15 are provided with outlet nozzles 16 , which are connected to either the gas chamber 10 or the oil chamber 12 .
- the burner cone 14 is provided with a resonator 17 .
- the resonator 17 comprises a ring-shaped resonator cavity 18 , which is defined by a panel sheet 19 fixed to the outside of the burner cone 14 , and a plurality of resonator openings 20 defining a fluidic connection between the resonator cavity 18 and the combustion chamber.
- the resonator openings 20 are formed by tubes 21 .
- the tubes 21 extend through a wall of the resonator 17 , are arranged evenly spaced apart from each other along the perimeter of the resonator 17 and are directed towards the combustion chamber.
- gas delivered by the gas supply 9 or oil delivered by the oil supply 11 is distributed within the ring-shaped gas chamber 10 or the ring-shaped oil chamber 12 and is injected in the airflow guided through the air supply 13 by means of the outlet nozzles 16 formed in the swirler vanes 15 .
- the fuel-air-mixture is then discharged in the combustion chamber, where it is burned.
- the pilot burner arrangement 2 stabilizes the combustion within the combustion chamber.
- the combustion causes combustion dynamics, which can lead to high acoustic noises as well as to damages to components of the burner system 1 .
- critical frequencies are damped by means of the resonator 17 .
- the critical frequencies to be damped by the resonator 17 can be adjusted by means of an appropriate choice of the size of the resonator cavity 18 as well as of the length, diameter and position of the resonator openings 20 defined by the tubes 21 .
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Pre-Mixing And Non-Premixing Gas Burner (AREA)
- Pressure-Spray And Ultrasonic-Wave- Spray Burners (AREA)
Abstract
Description
- The present invention refers to a burner system comprising a pilot burner arrangement, a main burner arrangement surrounding the pilot burner arrangement, a combustion chamber arranged downstream with respect to the pilot burner arrangement and the main burner arrangement, and at least one resonator, wherein the main burner arrangement defines a ring-shaped air supply outwardly delimited by a burner cone and provided with radially extending swirl vanes. The swirl vanes can be fixed to the burner cone.
- Burner systems of the above-mentioned kind are used for firing fluidic fuels in order to operate a turbo-engine, such as a gas turbine. During operation burner systems are prone to combustion dynamics, which may arise as a result of a flame excitation, aerodynamic induced excitation or insufficient damping. The combustion dynamics may cause high acoustic noises as well as damages to components of the burner system. In order to solve this problem, it is known to perform acoustic damping of critical frequencies by means of resonators, which are, for example, directly fixed to the outer wall of the combustion chamber.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a burner system of the above-mentioned kind having an alternative structure.
- In order to solve this object the present invention provides a burner system of the above-mentioned kind, which is characterized in that a resonator cavity of the at least one resonator is formed at the outside of the burner cone, wherein the resonator cavity is provided with a plurality of resonator openings defining a fluidic connection between the resonator cavity and the combustion chamber. Such an integral structure of the at least one resonator and the burner cone is advantageous in that the resonator only needs little installation space and can be produced at low costs. Moreover, the resonator is arranged immediately next to the combustion chamber. Accordingly, the critical frequencies can be damped right next to the place of origin.
- Preferably the resonator cavity is designed in the form of a ring. Thus, the resonator cavity can be produced with a low number of parts. The ring-shaped resonator cavity can be divided by walls into sections. Each section can comprise at least one of the resonator openings.
- According to one aspect of the present invention the resonator cavity is defined by at least one panel sheet fixed to the outside of the burner cone. Thus, the outer wall of the burner cone forms a part of the resonator, which is advantageous with respect to the costs of manufacture.
- Preferably, the resonator openings are evenly spaced apart from each other.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, the resonator openings are defined by tubes extending through a wall of the resonator cavity. Such tubes are advantageous in that their length, their diameter and their installation positions can be easily adapted to the frequencies, which are to be damped by means of the resonator.
- Preferably, the resonator openings are directed towards the combustion chamber.
- Further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent by means of the following description of a burner system according to one embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawing. In the drawing
-
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a gas turbine according to the prior art, -
FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a part of a burner system according to one embodiment of the present invention and -
FIG. 3 is a perspective cross sectional view of the burner system shown inFIG. 1 . - The
FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a gas turbine 1 according to the prior art. Thegas turbine 100 has, in the interior, arotor 300 which is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis ofrotation 200 and which has ashaft 400, said rotor also being referred to as turbine rotor. Arranged in succession along therotor 300 are anintake housing 600, acompressor 800, acombustion system 900, aturbine 140, and anexhaust housing 150, thecombustion system 900 having a number ofcombustors 100 which each comprise aburner arrangement 110 and acombustion chamber 120. Thecombustion system 900 communicates with a hot-gas duct, which is for example of annular form. There, multiple turbine stages positioned one behind the other form theturbine 140. Each turbine stage is formed from rings of blades. In the hot-gas duct, as viewed in the flow direction of a working medium, a row formed fromguide blades 170 is followed by a row formed fromrotor blades 180. Here, theguide blades 170 are fastened to an inner housing of astator 190, whereas therotor blades 180 of a row are for example attached via a turbine disk to therotor 300. A generator (not illustrated), for example, is coupled to therotor 300. - During the operation of the gas turbine, air is drawn in through the
intake housing 600, and compressed, by thecompressor 800. The compressed air L″ that is provided at the turbine-side end of thecompressor 800 is conducted via aburner plenum 700 to thecombustion system 900 and, in the latter, is mixed with a fuel in the region of theburner arrangement 110. Then, with the aid of theburner arrangement 110, the mixture is burned so as to form a working gas stream in thecombustion system 900. From there, the working gas stream flows along the hot-gas duct past theguide blades 170 and therotor blades 180. The working gas stream expands at therotor blades 180 so as to impart an impetus thereto, such that therotor blades 180 drive therotor 300, and said rotor drives the generator (not illustrated) that is coupled thereto. - The
FIGS. 2 and 3 show a burner system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The burner system 1 comprises apilot burner arrangement 2, amain burner arrangement 3 surrounding thepilot burner arrangement 2 and a combustion chamber (not shown) arranged downstream with respect to thepilot burner arrangement 2 and themain burner arrangement 3. Thepilot burner arrangement 2 and the main burner arrangement are both designed to be operated with gaseous and/or liquid fuels. However, it should be noted, that the burner system 1 can also be configured to be operated merely with gaseous or merely with liquid fuels. - The
pilot burner arrangement 2 comprises anoil supply 4 leading to an oil nozzle 5 facing towards the combustion chamber. Moreover, thepilot burner arrangement 2 has agas supply 6 surrounding theoil supply 4. Thegas supply 6 is again surrounded by anair supply 7 provided withswirl vanes 8 in a known fashion. - The
main burner arrangement 3 comprises agas supply 9 leading to a ring-shaped gas chamber 10, anoil supply 11 leading to a ring-shaped oil chamber 12, and a ring-shaped air supply 13 outwardly delimited by aburner cone 14 and provided with radially extendingswirl vanes 15 fixed to theburner cone 14. Theswirl vanes 15 are provided withoutlet nozzles 16, which are connected to either thegas chamber 10 or theoil chamber 12. Theburner cone 14 is provided with aresonator 17. Theresonator 17 comprises a ring-shaped resonator cavity 18, which is defined by apanel sheet 19 fixed to the outside of theburner cone 14, and a plurality ofresonator openings 20 defining a fluidic connection between theresonator cavity 18 and the combustion chamber. Theresonator openings 20 are formed bytubes 21. Thetubes 21 extend through a wall of theresonator 17, are arranged evenly spaced apart from each other along the perimeter of theresonator 17 and are directed towards the combustion chamber. - During the operation of the burner system 1 gas delivered by the
gas supply 9 or oil delivered by theoil supply 11 is distributed within the ring-shaped gas chamber 10 or the ring-shaped oil chamber 12 and is injected in the airflow guided through theair supply 13 by means of theoutlet nozzles 16 formed in theswirler vanes 15. The fuel-air-mixture is then discharged in the combustion chamber, where it is burned. Thepilot burner arrangement 2 stabilizes the combustion within the combustion chamber. The combustion causes combustion dynamics, which can lead to high acoustic noises as well as to damages to components of the burner system 1. In order to eliminate dangerous combustion dynamics, critical frequencies are damped by means of theresonator 17. The critical frequencies to be damped by theresonator 17 can be adjusted by means of an appropriate choice of the size of theresonator cavity 18 as well as of the length, diameter and position of theresonator openings 20 defined by thetubes 21. - Even though the present invention was described herein by means of a detailed embodiment, it should be noticed that the present invention is not limited by the embodiment. It is rather possible for a skilled person to derive modifications and variations from the embodiment without leaving the scope of protection defined in the accompanying claims.
Claims (6)
Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US14/303,866 US20150362189A1 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2014-06-13 | Burner system with resonator |
PCT/EP2015/062560 WO2015189101A1 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2015-06-05 | Burner system with resonator |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US14/303,866 US20150362189A1 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2014-06-13 | Burner system with resonator |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US20150362189A1 true US20150362189A1 (en) | 2015-12-17 |
Family
ID=53442736
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US14/303,866 Abandoned US20150362189A1 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2014-06-13 | Burner system with resonator |
Country Status (2)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US20150362189A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2015189101A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN106801891B (en) * | 2017-01-20 | 2019-11-12 | 南京航空航天大学 | A kind of fuel-rich and punching press combination gas generator for superb energy resource system |
Family Cites Families (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
EP1342952A1 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2003-09-10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Burner, process for operating a burner and gas turbine |
EP1342953A1 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2003-09-10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Gas turbine |
US8127546B2 (en) * | 2007-05-31 | 2012-03-06 | Solar Turbines Inc. | Turbine engine fuel injector with helmholtz resonators |
ITMI20122265A1 (en) * | 2012-12-28 | 2014-06-29 | Ansaldo Energia Spa | BURNER GROUP FOR A GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH A HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR |
-
2014
- 2014-06-13 US US14/303,866 patent/US20150362189A1/en not_active Abandoned
-
2015
- 2015-06-05 WO PCT/EP2015/062560 patent/WO2015189101A1/en active Application Filing
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
WO2015189101A1 (en) | 2015-12-17 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US8904798B2 (en) | Combustor | |
JP5947515B2 (en) | Turbomachine with mixing tube element with vortex generator | |
US9217373B2 (en) | Fuel nozzle for reducing modal coupling of combustion dynamics | |
US20220026068A1 (en) | Fuel nozzle for gas turbine engine combustor | |
US10215415B2 (en) | Premix fuel nozzle assembly cartridge | |
TWI576509B (en) | Nozzle, combustor, and gas turbine | |
JP2010210229A (en) | Injection device for turbomachine | |
EP2806217B1 (en) | Gas turbine engines with fuel injector assemblies | |
CN113483355B (en) | Reflow-combustion liner, reflow-combustor, and method of mixing cooling air therein | |
JP2007292075A (en) | Optimized configuration of reverse flow combustion system of gas turbine engine | |
CN109563995B (en) | Fuel-air mixer assembly for use in a combustor of a turbine engine | |
US9322553B2 (en) | Wake manipulating structure for a turbine system | |
JP2010175243A (en) | System and method for reducing combustion dynamics in turbomachine | |
US9546600B2 (en) | Nozzle having an orifice plug for a gas turbomachine | |
JP2011141111A (en) | Turbomachine nozzle | |
US11060726B2 (en) | Compressor diffuser and gas turbine | |
CN107850308B (en) | Combustor for gas turbine | |
US20150362189A1 (en) | Burner system with resonator | |
JP2019056548A (en) | Non-uniform mixer for combustion dynamics attenuation | |
US20190056109A1 (en) | Main fuel nozzle for combustion dynamics attenuation | |
US11994295B2 (en) | Multi pressure drop swirler ferrule plate | |
EP4206534A1 (en) | Turbine engine fuel premixer | |
CN116293791A (en) | Burner with resonator |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, GERMANY Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BOTTCHER, ANDREAS;KAUFMANN, PETER;KLUGE, ANDRE;AND OTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20140627 TO 20140707;REEL/FRAME:033559/0522 Owner name: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., FLORIDA Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:RYAN, WILLIAM R;REEL/FRAME:033559/0644 Effective date: 20140725 Owner name: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, GERMANY Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.;REEL/FRAME:033559/0788 Effective date: 20140801 |
|
STCB | Information on status: application discontinuation |
Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION |