Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Patent
1992-10-01
1993-10-12
Bertsch, Richard A.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
60742, 60748, 431185, 239403, 2394245, F23R 332
Patent
active
052514471
ABSTRACT:
An air fuel mixer is disclosed having a mixing duct, a shroud surrounding the upstream end of the mixing duct having contained therein a fuel manifold in flow communication with a fuel supply and control means, a set of inner and outer counter-rotating swirlers adjacent the upstream end of the mixing duct, hollow vanes in at least the outer swirler having passages therethrough in fluid communication with the fuel manifold to inject fuel into the mixing duct, and a hub separating the inner and outer swirlers to allow independent rotation thereof, wherein high pressure air from a compressor is injected into the mixing duct through the swirlers to form an intense shear region and fuel is injected into the mixing duct from the swirler vanes so that the high pressure air and the fuel is uniformly mixed therein so as to produce minimal formation of pollutants when the fuel/air mixture is exhausted out the downstream end of the mixing duct into the combustor and ignited. Further, the air fuel mixer of the present invention may include passages in the wall of the mixing duct in fluid communication with the fuel manifold, a centerbody in the mixing duct having a passage therethrough to admit air into the downstream end of the mixing duct, and tubes extending from the passages in the swirler vanes and/or mixing duct wall to inject liquid fuel downstream of the swirlers.
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Ekstedt Edward E.
Epstein Michael J.
Joshi Narendra D.
Bertsch Richard A.
Davidson James P.
General Electric Company
Squillaro Jerome C.
Thorpe Timothy S.
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