System and method for control of combustion dynamics in combustion system
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F23R-003/46
F02C-007/24
F23C-005/08
F23R-003/42
출원번호
US-0249158
(2014-04-09)
등록번호
US-9845956
(2017-12-19)
발명자
/ 주소
Ziminsky, Willy Steve
Crothers, Sarah Lori
출원인 / 주소
General Electric Company
대리인 / 주소
Wilson, Charlotte C.
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초록▼
The present disclosure generally relates to a system with a gas turbine engine including a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first end cover with a first geometry and the second combustor includes a second end cover with a second geometry. The first geometry has
The present disclosure generally relates to a system with a gas turbine engine including a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first end cover with a first geometry and the second combustor includes a second end cover with a second geometry. The first geometry has one or more geometric differences relative to the second geometry.
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1. A system comprising: a gas turbine engine comprising:a plurality of combustors circumferentially spaced about a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine, the plurality of combustors including a first combustor and a second combustor;the first combustor having a first cap assembly; anda first end
1. A system comprising: a gas turbine engine comprising:a plurality of combustors circumferentially spaced about a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine, the plurality of combustors including a first combustor and a second combustor;the first combustor having a first cap assembly; anda first end cover separate and axially spaced from the first cap assembly, the first end cover comprising a first mounting interface proximal to the first cap assembly and a first end wall opposite the first mounting interface, the first cap assembly and the first mounting interface of the first end cover having a common first diameter; anda fuel nozzle extending between the first end cover and the first cap assembly;wherein the first end wall of the first end cover is distal from the first cap assembly and comprises a first geometry; andthe second combustor having a second cap assembly; anda second end cover separate and axially spaced from the second cap assembly, the second end cover comprising a second mounting interface proximal to the second cap assembly and a second end wall opposite the second mounting interface;the second cap assembly and the second mounting interface of the second end cover having a common second diameter that is identical to the first diameter; anda fuel nozzle extending between the second end cover and the second cap assembly;wherein the second end wall of the second end cover is distal from the second cap assembly and comprises a second geometry;wherein the first geometry has at least one geometrical difference relative to the second geometry, and wherein at least one the geometrical difference comprises an angular shape or curvature of the end walls extending relative to a longitudinal axis of the respective combustor. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference is configured to help reduce coherent behavior between the first combustor and the second combustor. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference is an asymmetrical difference between the first and second end covers that are the same as one another, the first geometry is a first asymmetrical geometry, the second geometry is a second asymmetrical geometry, and the at least one geometrical difference is a rotational offset of the first and second asymmetrical geometries relative to the longitudinal axes of the first and second combustors. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first asymmetrical geometry comprises a first angled end wall of the first end cover, and the second asymmetrical geometry comprises a second angled end wall of the second end cover. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference comprises a different angle, a different radius of curvature, a different number of angled portions, a different number of curved portions, a different number of sides, a different symmetry or asymmetry, a different irregularity, a different rotational orientation about an axis of the first or second combustor, or any combination thereof. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference comprises a different angle. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference comprises a different curvature. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference comprises a different symmetry or asymmetry. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geometrical difference comprises a rotational offset of the first and second geometries relative to the longitudinal axes of the first and second combustors. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second end covers have the respective first and second geometries defining different angled end walls, concave end walls, convex end walls, multi-angled end walls, irregular end walls, or stepped end walls, or any combination thereof. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first geometry of the first end cover is configured to at least partially cause first acoustics and/or first combustion dynamics in the first combustor, the second geometry of the second end cover is configured to at least partially cause second acoustics and/or second combustion dynamics in the second combustor, and the at least one geometrical difference between the first and second geometries causes differences between the first and second acoustics and/or the first and second combustion dynamics. 12. A method, comprising: controlling first acoustics and/or first combustion dynamics in a first combustor, the first combustor comprising a first cap assembly; and a first end cover separate and axially spaced from the first cap assembly, the first end cover comprising a first mounting interface proximal to the first cap assembly and a first end wall opposite the first mounting interface, the first cap assembly and the first mounting interface having a common first diameter; anda fuel nozzle extending between the first end cover and the first cap assembly;wherein the end wall of the first end cover is distal from first cap assembly and comprises a first geometry; andcontrolling second acoustics and/or second combustion dynamics in a second combustor, the second combustor comprising a second cap assembly; anda second end cover separate and axially spaced from the second cap assembly, the second end cover comprising a second mounting interface proximal to the second cap assembly and a second end wall opposite the second mounting interface;the second cap assembly and the second mounting interface having a common second diameter that is identical to the first diameter; anda fuel nozzle extending between the second end cover and the second cap assembly;wherein the end wall of the second end cover is distal from the second cap assembly and comprises a second geometry;wherein the first geometry has at least one geometrical difference relative to the second geometry, and wherein the geometrical difference comprises an angular shape or curvature of the end cover surfaces extending relative to a longitudinal axis of the respective combustor;wherein the at least one geometrical difference varies the acoustics of the first combustor relative to the second combustor and/or varies the second combustor dynamics relative to the first combustion dynamics. 13. The method of claim 12, comprising reducing the resonant behavior and/or coherent behavior between the first and second combustors via the at least one difference between the first geometry and the second geometry. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one difference between the first geometry and the second geometry comprises differences in geometric shape, geometric characteristics, and/or geometric arrangement.
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