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US 2014/0109583 A1Published application
Burner
AssigneeALSTOM Technology Ltd
InventorsFranklin Marie GENIN, Marcel Riker, Stefano Bernero, Bettina Paikert, Ewald Freitag
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Abstract
The burner includes a swirl chamber. The swirl chamber has a substantially conical shape defining a central axis. The swirl chamber is defined by a plurality of wall elements. A combination of nozzles at the pressure, suction side and trailing edge of the wall element are placed for fuel injection. The wall elements define slots between each other. The slots have different widths (w) in consecutive planes in the axial direction, wherein said planes are perpendicular to the central axis.
Claims6
A burner comprising a swirl chamber wherein:
- the swirl chamber has a substantially conical shape defining a central axis,
- the swirl chamber is defined by a plurality of wall elements,
- the wall elements define a pressure side, a suction side and a trailing edge, wherein at least some of the wall elements comprising nozzles for fuel injection, said nozzles are located at the pressure side, at the suction side, at the trailing edge, or at any combination of these locations,
- the wall elements define slots between each other, wherein the slots have different widths (w) in consecutive planes in the axial direction, wherein said planes are perpendicular to the central axis.
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