Method for igniting a thermal turbomachine
US6718773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23D2207/00
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a method for igniting a thermal turbomachine, the turbomachine containing a combustion chamber (30), an ignition device (10), a fuel supply (60) and an air supply (70), and the ignition device (10) consisting of an ignition space (50) and of an ignitor (51) arranged in the ignition space (50), the fuel supply (60) and the air supply (70) discharging into the ignition space (50), and the ignition space (50) being connected to the combustion chamber (30) via a flame tube (40), prior to the ignition of the combustion chamber (30), an overall fuel/air mixture ratio &PHgr;overall=1/&lgr;overall greater than 1, with &lgr;overall being the overall air ratio, is set in the flame tube (40) of the ignition device (10).
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