Abstract: A connecting clip for connecting two pipelines, having a first clip arm, which is designed to extend at least partially around a circumference of a first pipeline, and a second clip arm, which is designed to extend at least partially around a circumference of a second pipeline. The first and the second clip arm are connected to one another in a damping manner, and at least one metal mat is provided as damping element.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for a combustion turbine engine are provided. A pre-mixing passage (24) has an upstream inlet arranged to receive a flow of air to be mixed with fuel. A fuel-injecting lance (12) is disposed in the pre-mixing passage. At least a first fuel ejection orifice (40) is disposed at a first axial location of the fuel-injecting lance. At least a second ejection orifice (42) is disposed at a second axial location of the fuel-injecting lance. A spacing between the first and second axial locations is arranged to effect oscillatory interference patterns in pockets comprising mixtures of air and fuel that flow towards a downstream outlet of the pre-mixing passage. The oscillatory interference patterns may be effective to promote homogeneity in the mixtures of air and fuel and dampen thermoacoustic oscillations in a flame (46) formed upon ignition of the mixtures of air and fuel.

Abstract: A connecting clip for connecting two pipelines, having a first clip arm, which is designed to extend at least partially around a circumference of a first pipeline, and a second clip arm, which is designed to extend at least partially around a circumference of a second pipeline. The first and the second clip arm are connected to one another in a damping manner, and at least one metal mat is provided as damping element.

Abstract: A burner having an air supply and a premix channel having an essentially annular cross-section, through which air and fuel flow during operation, and which is formed of an outer shell (5) and a hub (6). A plurality of swirl blades (7) arranged in the burner extend from the hub (6) to the outer shell (7) in a radial direction. Each blade's surface (11) is provided with a deflection in a radial outer region of the swirl blade (7), a downstream flow angle (?) to a main flow direction (13) increases at least once and decreases at least once in a radial direction at an outflow end (12) of the deflection surface (11).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas turbine combustor including a combustion structure (10) having a combustor liner (14) and a flow sleeve (12). The combustor liner (14) includes inner and outer surfaces (31, 30) and defines a combustion zone (15). The gas turbine combustor further includes a plurality of hollow airfoil-shaped structures (22) affixed to the combustor liner (14) and extending radially outwardly into an airflow space (18) defined radially between the flow sleeve (12) and the combustor liner (14). Each hollow structure (22) includes at least one metering tube (26) providing acoustic communication between the combustion zone (15) and the hollow structure (22). The metering tubes (26) are detachably coupled to the combustor liner (14) for permitting interchanging of the metering tube (26) with at least one additional metering tube having at least one different dimension to effect a change in an acoustic characteristic of the hollow structure (22).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas turbine combustor including a combustion structure (10) having a combustor liner (14) and a flow sleeve (12). The combustor liner (14) includes inner and outer surfaces (31, 30) and defines a combustion zone (15). The gas turbine combustor further includes a plurality of hollow airfoil-shaped structures (22) affixed to the combustor liner (14) and extending radially outwardly into an airflow space (18) defined radially between the flow sleeve (12) and the combustor liner (14). Each hollow structure (22) includes at least one metering tube (26) providing acoustic communication between the combustion zone (15) and the hollow structure (22). The metering tubes (26) are detachably coupled to the combustor liner (14) for permitting interchanging of the metering tube (26) with at least one additional metering tube having at least one different dimension to effect a change in an acoustic characteristic of the hollow structure (22).

Abstract: A fuel burner system (10) for a turbine engine (12) configured to operate with syngas fuel, whereby the fuel burner system (10) is configured to reduce nozzle and combustor basket temperatures is disclosed. The fuel burner system (10) may include a plurality of first and second fuel injection ports (16) positioned within a combustor (18), whereby the first fuel injection ports (14) are larger than the second fuel injection ports (16). One or more air injection ports (20) may be aligned with the first fuel injection ports (14). During operation, fuel injected into the combustor (18) from the first fuel injection ports (14) mixes better with the incoming air, causing reduced NOx emissions and lower flame temperatures. Also, the regions between adjacent air injection ports (20), which typically run the hottest, are cooler than conventional combustion system due, in part, to the smaller, second fuel injection ports (16) aligned with regions (22) between adjacent air injection ports (20).

Abstract: A hydraulic bearing is provided for a stationary gas turbine that has an oil sump with an outflow for hydraulic oil, wherein the outflow has an outflow opening which is arranged in the oil sump and an outflow line which is connected to the outflow opening. The hydraulic bearing is adapted to bring about an annular flow with a central air column when hydraulic oil flows out in the outflow line.

Abstract: A burner for a gas turbine, has an air passage supplied with compressed air and a fuel passage supplied with fuel gas, each passage has a main outlet opening leading into the combustion chamber of the gas turbine, the air and fuel passages connected fluidically together via a connection duct arranged upstream of the main outlet openings. The burner is configured such that, when air passage is supplied with compressed air and fuel passage is supplied with fuel gas, a portion of the fuel gas flowing in the fuel passage flows via at least one connection duct into the air passage and, for combustion thereof, is introduced through the main outlet opening of the air passage into the interior of the combustion chamber and a remaining portion of the fuel gas is introduced through the main outlet opening of the fuel passage into the interior of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A burner and a method for operating a burner are provided. The burner includes a channel having a mixing zone and having a feed for an oxidation means, particularly an air feed, and at least one fuel feed for injecting fuel, wherein a separating means which divides the channel over a wide range of the channel into at least two separated channels, namely a first channel and a second channel, is provided in the channel. The method for operating a burner having a channel includes a mixing zone into which an oxidation mass flow and fuel are injected, wherein two substantially separate flow paths are formed by means of a separating means in the channel and the at least two separated first and second channels, formed by the separating means.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustion chamber is provided including a pilot fuel nozzle arranged in the central section of a cylinder that opens at one end towards a combustion chamber. The pilot fuel nozzle includes a fuel nozzle and a cylindrical outer casing around the outer circumference of the fuel nozzle. A pilot swirl element is arranged between fuel nozzle and outer casing, including a plurality of main burners which are arranged around the pilot fuel nozzle, and including a pilot cone having an inner side and an outer side. The pilot cone is arranged on the pilot fuel nozzle and an opening, such that a pilot flame is formed in the pilot cone by mixing air and pilot fuel in order to ignite a fuel injected by the main burners, wherein the pilot cone has turbulence generators on the inner side and/or outer side thereof.

Abstract: A burner (1) with a longitudinal burner axis (2) and a mixing channel (3, 4), formed in an annular manner around the longitudinal burner axis (2), for the mixing of fuel and air. Each mixing channel is bounded radially on the inside by a channel hub (5, 6) and radially on the outside by a channel outer wall (7, 8). A fuel concentration distribution in the mixing channel (3, 4) from the channel hub (5, 6) to the channel outer wall (7, 8) being adjustable by adjusting the introduction of fuel to provide an adjustable fuel concentration distribution at respective radial locations across each mixing claimed. Also a combustion system (20) with a burner (1) and to a method for operating a burner (1).

Abstract: A burner having an air supply and a premix channel having an essentially annular cross-section, through which air and fuel flow during operation, and which is formed of an outer shell (5) and a hub (6). A plurality of swirl blades (7) arranged in the burner extend from the hub (6) to the outer shell (7) in a radial direction. Each blade's surface (11) is provided with a deflection in a radial outer region of the swirl blade (7), a downstream flow angle (?) to a main flow direction (13) increases at least once and decreases at least once in a radial direction at an outflow end (12) of the deflection surface (11).

Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the course of a gas turbine plant has at least one sensor for sensing a measurement variable and for outputting a measurement signal which represents the measurement variable; at least one adjusting system for influencing air and/or fuel supply to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine plant on the basis of a correcting variable; and a regulator connected to the at least one sensor so as to receive the measurement variable and to the at least one adjusting system for outputting the correcting variable, the regulator being designed to determine the correcting variable on the basis of the measurement variable received and its deviation from a pilot variable. At least one sensor is designed to sense the variation in time of at least one burner or combustion chamber parameter as measurement variable.

Abstract: A burner of a gas turbine including a reaction chamber and a plurality of jet nozzles opening into the reaction chamber is provided. Fluid is injected through an outlet into the reaction chamber by the jet nozzles using of a fluid stream wherein the fluid is burned into hot gas in the reaction chamber. An annular gap is disposed about the fluid stream for at least one jet nozzle so that a part of the hot gas is drawn out of the reaction chamber and flows opposite the fluid flow direction into the annular gap and is mixed with the fluid stream within the jet nozzle. The ring gap is formed by means of an insert tube, and wherein the insert rube includes a thickening at the upstream end. A method for stabilizing the flame of such a burner of a gas turbine is also provided.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustion chamber (8) surrounded by an inner wall (2) having cooling air bores (17) and an outer wall (9) that is spaced from the inner wall (2). The outer wall (9) likewise has cooling air bores (16) and is formed of a plurality of wall elements (11) that are arranged in the circumferential direction of the gas turbine combustion chamber (8) essentially next to each other. The outer wall elements are arranged on the inner wall (2) by means of a fixed bearing (24) on one narrow side (21) of a wall element and by means of a floating bearing (25) on an opposite narrow side (21) of the element, configured to define a hollow space (10) is formed between the two walls (2, 9).

Abstract: A facility, in particular a power plant, is provided having a steam turbine and a bypass station for diverting a working medium, as required, for the steam turbine around the steam turbine, wherein at least one resonance absorber is provided for the bypass station.

Abstract: A combustion chamber (1) for a gas turbine plant, has a combustion chamber wall (10), which is flowed through by combustion gases in the direction of a downstream expansion turbine, the chamber wall (10) has a device (20) for damping thermoacoustic oscillations caused by the combustion gases. At least one resonator tube (22), interacts with the resonator volume (21) and opens out into the combustion chamber (1) with its mouth (M) opposite from the resonator volume (21) in the combustion chamber inner wall (10). At least one feed opening (23, 23?, 23?) for sealing air for sealing the resonator tube mouth (M) is introduced into the combustion chamber (1) from a compressor plenum (2), surrounding the combustion chamber. The at least one first feed opening (23?, 23?) is provided in a region of the combustion chamber wall (10) close to the resonator tube mouth (M) and is aligned such that the sealing air (S) through the feed opening (23?, 23?) flows over the resonator mouth (M).

Abstract: A turbine burner is provided. The turbine burner has a secondary feed unit and a primary feed unit. The primary feed unit has a primary mixing tube and a fuel nozzle that are arranged concentrically around the secondary feed unit. The primary mixing tube and the fuel nozzle have a fluid flow connection. The fuel nozzle has an annular wall that is radially spaced in the axial direction from the secondary feed unit such that a gap height is fainted by the annular wall and the secondary feed unit. The annular wall has an inside wall directed toward the secondary feed unit and having blades with a leading edge on the upstream side. The fuel nozzle has an inlet and the blades have an axial distance from the inlet. The ratio of the distance to the gap height is greater than 1 and less than the gap height.

Abstract: A mixing unit for mixing water with steam in a bypass station is provided. The mixing unit has a plurality of Laval nozzles arranged in the mixing unit, which Laval nozzles are displaced axially with respect to one another in a water steam direction, with the result that the noise emissions are reduced overall.