Gas turbine combustor and method of running the same
US5054280A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23R3/34
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas turbine combustor including a first-stage combustion chamber being arranged to serve as a premix chamber for a second-stage combustion chamber and an auxiliary burner provided in the first-stage combustion chamber and arranged to effect, when fired, combustion and holding of a flame in the first-stage combustion chamber and to effect, when extinguished, feed a flame from the first-stage combustion chamber to the second-stage combustion chamber; and a method of driving the gas turbine combustor including a step of preparing the auxiliary burner in the first stage combustion chamber, the auxiliary burner being sparked when said combustion is fired, and causing the first-stage combustion camber to serve as the premixing chamber for the second-stage combustion chamber by extinguished the auxiliary burner.
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