Gas turbine with water injection
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsRichard Carroni, Gianfranco Giudati
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Abstract
Reliable, low-NOx-emission operation of a gas turbine plant with hydrogen-rich fuel gas, and a gas turbine plant with a device for water injection into hydrogen-rich fuels in a gas turbine, involves suitable water injection (21), a water-fuel gas mist, i.e., a fuel gas in which fine water droplets are suspended, is created in the fuel gas feed line (15). This mist is introduced into the burners (20) of the gas turbine. As a result of the water-fuel gas mist, four effects are combined for ignition delay and reduction of the flame velocity of hydrogen-rich fuel gas. When using a water-fuel gas mist, the water, in a directed manner, reaches the region in the burner (20) in which it directly has the greatest possible effect upon the flame or the flame velocity.
Claims18
A method for operating a gas turbine having burners with hydrogen-rich fuel gas, the method comprising:
- creating water-fuel gas mist, including injecting water into the fuel gas upstream of the burners so that fine water droplets are suspended in the fuel gas;
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- introducing said mist into the gas turbine burners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.