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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Shigemi Mandai, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Gora, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Katsunori Tanaka, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Kouichi Nishida, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gas turbine combustor, in which plural pre-mixers that inject fuel into swirling air passages are arranged to surround a pilot burner, and a pilot flame, guided by a pilot cone in the shape of a flaring pipe and provided at the rear end of the pilot burner, is mixed with a pre-mixture blown out from the pre-mixers to obtain a combustion gas, comprising flame-stabilizing means. The flame-stabilizing means lower the disturbance in a region where the pre-mixture and the pilot flame are mixed or stabilize the pilot flame, so that the flame generated by igniting the pre-mixture with the pilot flame is stabilized. By stabilizing the flame, combustion with a leaner air-fuel ratio is possible, and thereby the amount of NOx can be decreased.