# US 8,739,543 B2 · Burner and method for operating a burner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,543 B2 - Document ID: US8739543B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/665,049 - Filed: 2008-01-18 - Published: 2010-07-22 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2007-07-02 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Eberhard Deuker; Anil Gulati; Andreas Heilos - Inventors: Eberhard Deuker; Anil Gulati; Andreas Heilos - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739543B2 ## CPC - F23R 3/34: Feeding into different combustion zones - F23R 3/28: characterised by the fuel supply (burners F23D) - 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) ## Abstract A method for operating a burner including a burner outlet opening with at least two sectors, each sector is assigned at least one fuel nozzle, is provided. The method is characterized in that fuel is supplied separately to the fuel nozzles of different sectors. Also described is a burner which includes at least two sectors wherein each sector is assigned at least one fuel nozzle. The burner includes at least two separate fuel supply lines and a device for adjusting the fuel mass flow which flows through the respective fuel supply line. The fuel supply lines supply fuel to the fuel nozzles of different sectors. Also described is a gas turbine which is fitted with at least one burner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for operating a burner, comprising: providing a burner outlet opening including at least two sectors; assigning each sector a plurality of fuel nozzles; and supplying a fuel to a plurality of fuel nozzles of different sectors separately, wherein during a full load operation, essentially an even supply of the fuel is provided to all sectors to produce a homogenous temperature distribution, wherein during a part load operation, hotter and colder zones are created in a combustion chamber, with the hotter zones placed where the greatest quench effect would otherwise be expected, wherein the burner is one of a plurality of burners arranged circumferentially in a combustion chamber, about a central axis of the combustion chamber, wherein the burner has a radial direction and a tangential direction in relation to the central axis, and wherein a first plurality of fuel nozzles that are assigned to a first sector arranged along the tangential direction of the burner are supplied with less fuel at said part load than a second plurality of fuel nozzles that are assigned to a second sector arranged along the radial direction of the burner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles of different sectors are supplied with the fuel in a ratio of between 0:100 and 100:0, said ratio being a fuel ratio between the fuel supplied to the at least two sectors. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said ratio is between 0:100 and 35:65. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of fuel nozzles are supplied with 20% of an overall amount of fuel supplied to the burner, and wherein the second plurality of fuel nozzles are supplied with 80% of the overall amount of fuel supplied to the burner. ### Claim 5 A burner, comprising: a burner outlet opening including at least two sectors, each sector including a fuel nozzle; at least two separate fuel supply lines leading to the plurality of fuel nozzles of different sectors; and a facility for setting a fuel mass flow flowing through the respective fuel supply line, wherein the facility includes a plurality of valves arranged in the respective fuel supply line that may be regulated, wherein the plurality of valves are separately controlled such that in full-load operation an even supply of fuel is provided to all sectors to produce a homogenous temperature distribution, wherein in a part-load operation hotter and colder zones are able to be created in the combustion chamber, a greatest quench effect occurs in the hotter zones, wherein the burner is one of a plurality of burners arranged circumferentially in a combustion chamber, about a central axis of the combustion chamber, wherein the burner has a radial direction and a tangential direction in relation to the central axis, wherein a first plurality of fuel nozzles are assigned to a first sector arranged along the tangential direction of the burner and a second plurality of second fuel nozzles are assigned to a second sector arranged along the radial direction of the burner, wherein the facility for setting the fuel mass flow is operable to regulate the valves arranged in the respective fuel supply lines such that the first plurality of fuel nozzles is supplied with less fuel than the second plurality of fuel nozzles at said part load. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The burner as claimed in claim 5, the burner outlet opening includes a circular cross-sectional surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The burner as claimed in claim 5, the plurality of fuel nozzles are arranged in a form of a ring in relation to a center point of the burner outlet opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The burner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles lying opposite to one another in each case are assigned the same fuel supply line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The burner as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality of different sectors represent a plurality of segments of a circle, each segment having an angle of between 70° and 110°. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The burner as claimed in claim 9, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles of opposing circle segments are assigned the same fuel supply line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The burner as claimed in claim 9, wherein the plurality of different sectors represent the plurality of segments of a circle, each segment has the angle of 90°. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The burner as claimed in claim 11, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles of opposing circle segments are assigned the same fuel supply line. ### Claim 13 A gas turbine, comprising: a burner, the burner comprising: a burner outlet opening including at least two sectors, each sector including a fuel nozzle; at least two separate fuel supply lines leading to the plurality of fuel nozzles of different sectors; and a facility for setting a fuel mass flow flowing through the respective fuel supply line, wherein the facility includes a plurality of valves arranged in the respective fuel supply line that may be regulated, wherein the plurality of valves are separately controlled such that in full-load operation an even supply of fuel is provided to all sectors to produce a homogenous temperature distribution, wherein in a part-load operation hotter and colder zones are able to be created in the combustion chamber, a greatest quench effect occurs in the hotter zones, wherein the burner is one of a plurality of burners arranged circumferentially in a combustion chamber, about a central axis of the combustion chamber, wherein the burner has a radial direction and a tangential direction in relation to the central axis, wherein a first plurality of fuel nozzles are assigned to a first sector arranged along the tangential direction of the burner and a second plurality of second fuel nozzles are assigned to a second sector arranged along the radial direction of the burner, wherein the facility for setting the fuel mass flow is operable to regulate the valves arranged in the respective fuel supply lines such that the first plurality of fuel nozzles is supplied with less fuel than the second plurality of fuel nozzles at said part load. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 13, wherein the burner outlet opening includes a circular cross-sectional surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 13, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles are arranged in a form of a ring in relation to a center point of the burner outlet opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles lying opposite to one another in each case are assigned the same fuel supply line. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 13, wherein the plurality of different sectors represent a plurality of segments of a circle, each segment having an angle of between 70° and 110°. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 17, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles of opposing circle segments are assigned the same fuel supply line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 17, wherein the plurality of different sectors represent the plurality of segments of a circle, each segment has the angle of 90°. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 19, wherein the plurality of fuel nozzles of opposing circle segments are assigned the same fuel supply line.