摘要:
Systems and methods involving improved fuel atomization in air-blast fuel nozzles of gas turbine engines are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: providing fuel to a chamber defined by an inner surface; and continuously atomizing a portion of the fuel via interaction of the fuel with the inner surface.
摘要:
An air-blast fuel nozzle assembly includes a housing having an inner surface defining an interior chamber around a central axis. The inner surface terminates in an exit aperture. An air swirler pneumatically communicates with the interior chamber and has vanes operative to impart a swirling motion to air passing across the vanes and into the interior chamber. A fuel injection assembly includes a nozzle portion extending along the central axis and having a plurality of outlets circumferentially-arranged around the central axis that are directed into the interior chamber toward the inner surface of the housing. A shield extends radially outwardly from the nozzle portion upstream of the plurality of outlets. The shield extends between a base at the nozzle section and a free tip end such that the shield extends partially across the interior chamber toward the inner surface.
摘要:
Systems and methods reducing thermo-acoustic coupling of a gas turbine engine augmentors are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: determining acoustic resonances and heat release phase relationships associated with the augmentor; and determining relative axial positions of a fuel injector and a flame holder of the augmentor that result in reduced thermo-acoustic coupling of the augmentor during operation.
摘要:
Systems and methods involving improved fuel atomization in air-blast fuel nozzles of gas turbine engines are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: providing fuel to a chamber defined by an inner surface; and continuously atomizing a portion of the fuel via interaction of the fuel with the inner surface.
摘要:
An augmentor system minimizes acoustic pressure fluctuations on the heat release process within the augmentor by staggering the vanes therein. The alternating axial vane stagger pattern arranges the downstream set of vanes as baffles which prevent the propagation of tangential acoustic waves between the vanes to protect the upstream set of vanes from the effects of transverse acoustic velocity fluctuations which minimizes screech without substantially affecting augmentor performance.
摘要:
A system and method periodically sample a fluid stream in a conduit for undergoing analysis thereof. A sampling tube having a probe is joined to the conduit for removing samples from the stream flowing therethrough. An analyzer is joined to the sampling tube for analyzing the removed samples. A solenoid valve is disposed in the tube for controlling flow of the samples to the analyzer. A dynamic pressure transducer is joined to the conduit so that a specific dynamic pressure reference frequency of the stream in the conduit may be locked-on to and used for periodically switching the solenoid valve open and closed for intermittently removing stream samples from the conduit at the reference frequency for channeling to the analyzer periodic stream samples at a sampling frequency corresponding to the reference frequency. In a preferred embodiment, the solenoid valve is switched open at a specific sampling phase in the sampling frequency, which phase may be indexed for obtaining different periodic samples at the sampling frequency for measuring periodic and short duration concentration fluctuations.
摘要:
In a gas turbine (10), a plurality of combustors (14), each having a plurality of fuel nozzles (32) arranged about a longitudinal axis of the combustor, and a single combustion zone (70), each fuel nozzle having a diffusion passage (74) and a premix passage (60), the premix passage communicating with a plurality of premix fuel distribution tubes (66) located within a dedicated premix tube (46) adapted to mix the premix fuel and combustion air prior to entry into the single combustion zone (70) located downstream of the premix tube (46).
摘要:
A method for providing thermo-acoustic coupling of a gas turbine engine augmentor includes determining acoustic resonances and heat release phase relationships associated with the augmentor. A fuel injector of the augmentor is positioned at an axial position relative to a flame holder of the augmentor in response to the determined acoustic resonances and heat release phase relationships associated with the augmentor. Heat release and acoustic pressure oscillation cycles associated with the augmentor are out of phase by at least approximately 100 degrees.
摘要:
A turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath. A flameholder is positioned in the flowpath outboard of the centerbody. A burner within the centerbody has an outlet for expelling combustion products of a first pilot fuel. A pilot fuel conduit has an outlet positioned to introduce a supplemental pilot fuel to the expelled combustion products.
摘要:
A gas turbine engine augmenter has a gas flowpath. A number of vanes extend into the gas flowpath. A number of augmenter fuel conduits have outlets along at least some of the vanes. At least one burner discharge outlet is along at least one of the vanes for discharging a pilot gas.