# US 10,995,956 B2 · Combustor and method for improving combustor performance

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- Number: US 10,995,956 B2
- Document ID: US10995956B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/087,296
- Filed: 2017-03-28
- Published: 2019-04-18
- Granted: 2021-05-04
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
- Inventors: Shuhei Kajimura; Kenji Miyamoto; Taiki Kinoshita; Kotaro Miyauchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10995956B2

## CPC

- F23R 3/06: Arrangement of apertures along the flame tube
- F02C 7/18: the medium being gaseous, e.g. air {(F02C7/125 takes precedence)}
- F02C 7/24: Heat or noise insulation (air intakes having provisions for noise suppression F02C7/045; turbine exhaust heads, chambers, or the like F01D25/30; silencing nozzles of jet-propulsion plants F02K1/00)
- F23R 3/14: by using swirl vanes
- F23R 3/16: with devices inside the flame tube or the combustion chamber to influence the air or gas flow
- F23R 3/28: characterised by the fuel supply (burners F23D)
- F23R 3/42: characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
- F23R 3/50: Combustion chambers comprising an annular flame tube within an annular casing (toroidal combustion chambers F23R3/52)
- F05D 2240/35: Combustors or associated equipment
- F23R 3/002: {Wall structures (F23R3/02 and F23R3/007 take precedence)}
- F23R 2900/00014: Reducing thermo-acoustic vibrations by passive means, e.g. by Helmholtz resonators
- F23R 2900/00016: Retrofitting in general, e.g. to respect new regulations on pollution
- F23R 2900/00017: Assembling combustion chamber liners or subparts
- F23R: GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS (fluidised bed combustion apparatus specially adapted for operation at superatmospheric pressures F23C10/16)
- F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

## Abstract

A combustor (3) includes: a fuel nozzle configured to inject fuel; a tubular body (24) having a tubular shape in which a combustion region through which combustion gas flows is formed inside, and in which a plurality of slits (50) are formed extending in the circumferential direction at intervals in the circumferential direction; and throttle pieces (60) which are fitted into the slits (50), project radially inward from the inner circumferential side of the tubular body (24), and have a throttle face that extends along the flow direction of the combustion gas as it extends from the radially outer side inward.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A combustor, comprising:
a fuel nozzle configured to inject fuel;
a tubular body having a tubular shape and including a combustion region and a plurality of cooling flow paths, the combustion region being formed inside the tubular body and configured to allow combustion gas generated by combustion of the fuel to flow and the plurality of cooling flow paths being formed inside a wall surface while extending in a flow direction of the combustion gas and configured to allow cooling air to flow through the plurality of cooling flow paths; and
a throttle ring having an annular shape, protruding radially inward from an inner circumferential side of the tubular body, including a throttle surface extending in the flow direction as the throttle surface extends radially inward from the inner circumferential side of the tubular body, and extending in a circumferential direction on the inner circumferential side of the tubular body, wherein
the combustor includes a pair of cavities formed in an outer circumferential surface of the tubular body, recessed radially inward from the outer circumferential surface, and extending in the circumferential direction across the plurality of cooling flow paths, wherein one of the pair of cavities is provided on each side of a position at which the throttle ring is positioned with respect to the flow direction, and
the combustor further includes lids on the outer circumferential surface and covering the respective cavities.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The combustor according to claim 1, further comprising:
an acoustic damper disposed on the outer circumferential side of the tubular body and including a damping space formed inside the acoustic damper in communication with an interior of the tubular body, wherein
the throttle ring is provided downstream from the acoustic damper.

### Claim 3

A method for improving performance of a combustor, the combustor including a tubular body including a plurality of cooling flow paths formed inside a wall surface, extending in a flow direction of a combustion gas, and configured to allow cooling air to flow through the plurality of cooling flow paths, and a throttle ring having an annular shape, protruding radially inward from an inner circumferential side of the tubular body, including a throttle surface extending radially inward from the inner circumferential side of the tubular body, and extending in a circumferential direction on the inner circumferential side of the tubular body, the method comprising the steps of:
forming a pair of cavities in an outer circumferential surface of the tubular body, the pair of cavities being spaced apart in the flow direction, being recessed radially inward from the outer circumferential surface, and extending in the circumferential direction across the plurality of cooling flow paths;
forming, by dividing the tubular body along the pair of cavities into three in the flow direction, an upstream side divided body, an intermediate divided body, and a downstream side divided body;
attaching the throttle ring to an inner circumferential side of the intermediate divided body;
joining each of the upstream side divided body and the downstream side divided body to the intermediate divided body to which the throttle ring is attached; and
attaching lids configured to cover the pair of cavities.