Power generating system comprising a combustion unit that includes an explosion atomizing unit for combusting a liquid fuel
AssigneeN. V. Kema
InventorJacobus Van Liere
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Abstract
The invention relates to a combustion unit for combusting a liquid fuel. The combustion unit has a fuel inlet, an air inlet and a flue gas outlet which are connected to a combustion chamber for combusting the fuel, wherein the fuel inlet is connected to at least one explosion atomizing unit which is disposed and adapted such that atomized fuel fragments due to gas formation in the atomized fuel. The explosion atomizing unit is preferably an explosion swirl atomizing unit to a system for generating power having at least one gas turbine, at least one compression device driven by the gas turbine and at least one such combustion unit.
Claims11
A combustion unit for combusting a liquid fuel, comprising a fuel inlet, an air inlet and a fuel gas outlet which are connected to a combustion chamber for combusting the fuel, wherein the fuel inlet is connected to at least one explosion swirl atomizing unit and wherein the atomizing unit comprises means for adjusting the temperature of the fuel and/or the atomizing pressure such that as a result of a pressure drop swirling fuel exiting an outlet opening of the explosion swirl atomizing unit into the combustion chamber experiences explosion fragmentation fragments into fuel droplets having a median dimension of equal or less than 5 μm.
A system for generating power, comprising at least one gas turbine, at least one compression device driven by the gas turbine and at least one combustion unit wherein the combustion unit comprises a fuel inlet, an air inlet and a flue gas outlet which are connected to a combustion chamber for combusting the fuel, wherein the fuel inlet is connected to at least one explosion swirl atomizing unit and wherein the atomizing unit comprises means for adjusting the temperature of the fuel and/or the atomizing pressure such that as a result of a pressure drop swirling fuel exiting an outlet opening of the explosion swirl atomizing unit into the combustion chamber experiences explosion fragmentation fragments into fuel droplets having a median dimension of equal or less than 5 μm.
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