Method of controlling fuel injection in a reheat combustor for a combustor unit of a gas turbine
AssigneePower Systems Mfg., LLC
InventorsMirko Ruben BOTHIEN, Douglas PENNELL, Peter STUTTAFORD
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling fuel injection in a reheat combustor of a gas turbine combustor assembly including a combustor casing defining a gas flow channel and a plurality of injection nozzles distributed in or around the gas flow channel; the method includes the step of distributing fuel among the injection nozzles according to a non-uniform distribution pattern.
Claims15
A method of controlling fuel injection in a reheat combustor of combustor assembly of a gas turbine, the reheat combustor having a combustor casing defining a gas flow channel and a combustion chamber;
- and plural fuel injection nozzles distributed in or around the gas flow channel;
- wherein the method comprises:
- receiving a fuel flow;
- and
- distributing fuel among the injection nozzles according to a non-uniform distribution pattern.
A reheat combustor for a combustor assembly of a gas turbine, the repeat combuster comprising:
- a combustor casing defining a gas flow channel and a combustion chamber;
- a plurality of fuel injection nozzles distributed in or around the gas flow channel;
- and
- a fuel injection control unit for controlling fuel supply rates to said injection nozzles,
- wherein said fuel injection control unit is configured to distribute fuel among the injection nozzles according to a non-uniform distribution pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.