# US 8,783,044 B2 · Turbine stator nozzle cooling structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,044 B2 - Document ID: US8783044B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/824,630 - Filed: 2010-06-28 - Published: 2010-12-16 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2007-12-29 - Assignees: ALSTOM Technology Ltd - Applicants: Ulrich Steiger; Jonas Hurter - Inventors: Ulrich Steiger; Jonas Hurter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783044B2 ## CPC - F01D 5/186: {Film cooling (F01D5/187 takes precedence)} - F01D 9/023: {Transition ducts between combustor cans and first stage of the turbine in gas-turbine engines; their cooling or sealings} - F05B 2240/801: cooled platforms - F05D 2240/81: Cooled platforms - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract In a gas turbine, a plurality of burners, which are arranged concentrically to the rotational axis in a regular arrangement, each directing hot gas through an associated combustion chamber outlet into a turbine, at the inlet of which a second plurality of stator blades are arranged in a ring, uniformly spaced apart around the rotational axis. Cooling openings are provided, which are distributed over the circumference, through which cooling air is injected into the hot gas flow at the combustion chamber outlet. An improvement of the flow conditions in the hot gas is achieved by the cooling openings being divided into first cooling opening groups and second cooling opening groups. The arrangement of the first cooling opening groups corresponds to the arrangement of the stator blades, and in that the arrangement of the second cooling opening groups corresponds to the regular arrangement of the burners. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gas turbine, comprising a plurality of burners, arranged concentrically to a rotational axis in a regular arrangement, each burner directing hot gas through an associated combustion chamber outlet into a turbine, a plurality of stator blades are arranged in a ring, at an inlet of the turbine, uniformly spaced apart around the rotational axis, the gas turbine comprises cooling openings which are distributed over the circumference and through which cooling air can be injected into the hot gas flow at the combustion chamber outlet, the cooling openings, with regard to the passage which is formed by the hot gas flow, are arranged in the region of an inner encompassing gap and are divided into first cooling opening groups and second cooling opening groups, wherein the periodicity of the first cooling opening groups is equal to the periodicity of the stator blades, and each of the first cooling opening groups has a same number of cooling openings, wherein the periodicity of the second cooling opening groups is equal to the periodicity of the burners, and wherein the cooling openings of the first cooling opening groups are unevenly distributed across the plurality of burners to reduce effects of a bow wave. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner encompassing gap is located in the region of, or upstream of, the stator blades. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the burners are uniformly spaced apart. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of burners is disparate to the number of stator blades. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the number of burners is fewer than the number of stator blades. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the burners are arranged in the second stage of a gas turbine with two-stage or sequential combustion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling openings of the first cooling opening groups are oriented towards the leading edges of the stator blades, and the cooling openings of the second cooling opening groups are oriented transversely to the hot gas flow. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner encompassing gap between the combustion chamber outlets and a first stator blade row of the turbine, the gap being purged with purging air through purging openings which are arranged in a distributed manner on the circumference, the purging openings are divided into groups, the arrangement of which corresponds to the arrangement of the stator blades and/or to the regular arrangement of the burners. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The gas turbine as claimed claim 8, wherein the purging openings are arranged increasingly, alternatively or in an alternating manner in relation to the cooling openings. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance between the first cooling opening groups is larger than a distance between adjacent cooling openings in the first cooling opening groups. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first cooling groups is located across from a leading edge of a stator blade. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein more cooling openings of the first cooling opening group are located across a pressure side of the stator blade than across from a suction side of the stator blade. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling openings of the first cooling opening groups are concentrated at positions across from the plurality of stator blades. ### Claim 14 A method for operating a gas turbine having a plurality of burners, arranged concentrically to a rotational axis in a regular arrangement, the burners having a corresponding combustion chamber outlet via which hot gas is injected into a turbine, a plurality of stator blades are operated and arranged in a ring, uniformly spaced apart around the rotational axis at an inlet of the turbine, said gas turbine comprises cooling openings, which operate, and are distributed over the circumference and through which cooling air is injected into the hot gas flow, the method comprising: providing at least one inner encompassing gap in the region of the stator blades, or upstream of the stator blades, orienting outer encompassing cooling openings, which operate towards the hot gas flow, dividing the cooling openings into first cooling opening groups and second cooling opening groups, the periodicity of the first cooling opening groups corresponds to the periodicity of the stator blades, each of the first cooling opening groups has a same number of cooling openings, the periodicity of the second cooling opening groups corresponds to the periodicity of the burners, and the cooling openings of the first cooling opening groups are unevenly distributed across the plurality of burners to reduce effects of a bow wave.