Turbine Nozzle Cooling with Panel Fuel Injector

• US 20170276362A1
• Filed: 02/24/2017
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Berry, Jonathan Dwight, Hughes, Michael John
• Granted Patent: US 10,584,638 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 3/04 having a turbine driving a compressor power transmission arrangements F02C7/36; control of working fluid flow F02C9/16
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/18 the medium being gaseous, e.g. air F02C7/125 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/22 Fuel supply systems
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/222 Fuel flow conduits, e.g. manifolds
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/32 in gas turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/35 Combustors or associated equipment
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/201 by impingement of a fluid
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/202 by film cooling
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/002 Wall structures F23R3/02 and F23R3/007 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/005 Combined with pressure or heat exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/06 Arrangement of apertures along the flame tube
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/10 for primary air F23R3/06, F23R3/045 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/28 characterised by the fuel supply burners F23D
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/283 Attaching or cooling of fuel injecting means including supports for fuel injectors, stems, or lances
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/286 having fuel-air premixing devices F23R3/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/34 Feeding into different combustion zones
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/346 for staged combustion

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a combustion system including a panel fuel injector. The panel fuel injector includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and an aft wall. The first side wall and the second side wall are interconnected by the aft wall. The panel fuel injector further includes a cooling air plenum that is defined between the first side wall and the second side wall. The aft wall defines a plurality of cooling holes in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum. One or more of the cooling holes of the plurality of cooling holes is oriented towards at least one of a leading edge, a pressure side wall, or a suction side wall of a stationary nozzle disposed proximate to the aft end wall.

Claims

1. An annular combustion system, comprising:

a panel fuel injector including a first side wall, a second side wall disposed opposite the first side wall, and an aft wall, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are interconnected by the aft wall, the panel fuel injector further including a cooling air plenum defined between the first side wall and the second side wall;

wherein the aft wall defines a plurality of cooling holes in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum, wherein one or more of the cooling holes of the plurality of cooling holes is oriented towards at least one of a leading edge, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall of a stationary nozzle disposed proximate to the aft end wall.

2. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, wherein the aft wall of the panel fuel injector is concave and the leading edge of the stationary nozzle is convex.

3. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, wherein the first side wall of the panel fuel injector extends axially past the leading edge of the stationary nozzle towards a trailing edge of the stationary nozzle.

4. The annular combustion system as in claim 3, wherein the second side wall of the panel fuel injector extends axially past the leading edge of the stationary nozzle towards a trailing edge of the stationary nozzle.

5. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, further comprising an impingement air insert disposed within the cooling air plenum.

6. The annular combustion system as in claim 1. wherein the first wall defines a first micro-cooling channel that extends between an inner surface and an outer surface of the first side wall, and wherein the first side micro-cooling channel includes an inlet in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum and an outlet in the aft wall.

7. The annular combustion system as in claim 1. wherein the second wall defines a second micro-cooling channel that extends between an inner surface and an outer surface of the second side wall, and wherein the second side micro-cooling channel includes an inlet in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum and an outlet in the aft wall.

8. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, further comprising a cooling air cavity defined between the first side wall and the second side wall, the cooling air cavity being upstream of, and in fluid communication with, the cooling air plenum;

and further comprising an impingement air insert disposed within the cooling air cavity.

9. The annular combustion system as in claim 8, wherein the first side wall defines a first side micro-cooling channel that extends between an inner surface and an outer surface of the first side wall, and wherein the first side micro-cooling channel includes an inlet in fluid communication with the cooling air cavity.

10. The annular combustion system as in claim 9, wherein the first side micro-cooling channel extends between the inner surface and the outer surface of the first side wall in a serpentine or curved pattern.

11. The annular combustion system as in claim 9, wherein the first side micro-cooling channel includes an outlet that is in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum.

12. The annular combustion system as in claim 8, wherein the second side wall defines a second side micro-cooling channel that extends between an inner surface and an outer surface of the second side wall, and wherein the second side micro-cooling channel includes an inlet in fluid communication with the cooling air cavity.

13. The annular combustion system as in claim 12, wherein the second side micro-cooling channel extends between the inner surface and the outer surface of the second side wall in a serpentine or curved pattern.

14. The annular combustion system as in claim 12, wherein the second side micro-cooling channel includes an outlet that is in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum.

15. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, further comprising an inner liner radially spaced from an outer liner, wherein the panel fuel injector extends radially therebetween, wherein the inner liner defines a first flow annulus and the outer liner defines a second flow annulus.

16. The annular combustion system as in claim 15, wherein the cooling air plenum is in fluid communication with at least one of the first flow annulus and the second flow annulus.

17. The annular combustion system as in claim 15, wherein the first flow annulus and the second flow annulus are in fluid communication with a compressor of a gas turbine.

18. The annular combustion system as in claim 1, wherein the panel fuel injector further comprises a premix air plenum, a fuel plenum, and at least one first side premixing channel, wherein the at least one first side premixing channel is in fluid communication with the premix air plenum and the fuel plenum and terminates in a respective first side injection outlet defined along the first side wall.