Patent · US Active

Fuel/air premixer for gas turbine combustor

US7434401B2 · kind B2 · utility

75Cited by
8References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 2004
Grant dateOct 14, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 20, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23D2900/11101
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel/air premixer for use in a gas turbine improves the atomization performance and mixing performance of the fuel by guiding an air so as to flow in an outward radial direction. A flow-deflecting tubular body having an annular cross section is disposed on the inside of and coaxially with a liquid film-forming body of an airbiast atomizer nozzle disposed at the inlet portion of a premixing tube. The outer peripheral surface of the flow-deflecting tubular body has a wall surface which increases in outer diameter toward the tip end of a first annular passage. The inner peripheral surface of the flow-deflecting tubular body has a form in which the inner diameter has a minimum to form a contracted portion, and then increases dramatically toward the tip end.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.