Thermal turbomachine and process for igniting the thermal turbomachine

US6729142B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALSTOM Technology Ltd · CH

Inventors

• Marcel Stalder · Brugg, CH
• Franz Joos · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2002
• Grant date: May 4, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23D2900/00014
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a thermal turbomachine with a housing, a combustion chamber, an ignition device, a fuel supply, and an air supply, the ignition device includes an ignition space and an igniter arranged in the ignition space. The fuel supply and the air supply open into the ignition space. The ignition space is connected to the combustion chamber, and the ignition device is arranged outside the housing of the thermal turbomachine. A process is shown for the ignition of the thermal turbomachine outside the housing.