GAS TURBINE HAVING AN ANNULAR COMBUSTION CHAMBER

• Main Authors: REMIGI TSCHUOR, MARION ONEIL DUGGANS, NILZE ISABEL SEDA-MAURELL, RUSSELL BOND JONES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A THERMAL MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A GAS TURBINE (10), WHICH COMPRISES AN ANNULAR COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHICH IS BOUNDED ON THE OUTSIDE BY AN OUTER SHELL (23) AND AN INNER SHALL, WHEREIN THE OUTER SHELL (23) AND THE INNER SHELL (33) ARE EACH SPLIT ON A SEPARATING PLANE (29) INTO AN UPPER HALF (23A) AND A LOWER HALF (23B), WHICH ARE WELDED TO ONE ANOTHER ON THE SEPARATING PLANE (29). INCREASED MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS AND A JONGER LIFE OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER ARE ACHIEVED IN THAT AN ADDITIONAL MECHANICAL INTERLOCK (30) IS PROVIDED ON THE SEPARATING PLANES (29) IN ORDER TO ABSORB TENSILE AND SHEAR FORCES ACTING ON THE SEPARATING PLANES (29). (FIG. 4)