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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Nils A. Rokke, Trondheim, NO;
Ulstein Turbine AS, Bergen, NO;
Abstract
Device in a burner for gas turbines, comprising a cylindrical housing ( ) and a fuel inlet tube ( ) arranged centrally within said housing, said housing ( ) and fuel inlet tube ( ) mutually defining an annular chamber ( ). The annular chamber ( ) extending into an extended diameter combustion chamber ( ), having means ( ) for supplying combustion air to said annular chamber ( ). Radial flow swirlers ( ) are provided for creating a rotational movement of the combustion air in said annular chamber. The housing ( ) has a downstream restriction ( ) in front of the free end of the centrally located fuel inlet tube ( ), at the entrance of the combustion chamber ( ), for creating a rich combustion spinning tubular swirl dominated flow of a mixture of air and fuel, with a recirculation central core, said tubular spinning flow extending into the combustion chamber ( ). The fuel inlet tube ( ) has a multiple of inlet nozzles ( ) in an array at a distance from the free end of the tube of at least approximately 1,5 times the diameter of the fuel inlet tube. This enable low emissions of NOx and CO over a wide operating range in a low complexity, cost effective configuration.