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Title: Solid fuel combustion system for gas turbine engine

Abstract

A solid fuel, pressurized fluidized bed combustion system for a gas turbine engine includes a carbonizer outside of the engine for gasifying coal to a low Btu fuel gas in a first fraction of compressor discharge, a pressurized fluidized bed outside of the engine for combusting the char residue from the carbonizer in a second fraction of compressor discharge to produce low temperature vitiated air, and a fuel-rich, fuel-lean staged topping combustor inside the engine in a compressed air plenum thereof. Diversion of less than 100% of compressor discharge outside the engine minimizes the expense of fabricating and maintaining conduits for transferring high pressure and high temperature gas and incorporation of the topping combustor in the compressed air plenum of the engine minimizes the expense of modifying otherwise conventional gas turbine engines for solid fuel, pressurized fluidized bed combustion.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Lebanon, IN
  2. Carmel, IN
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
868976
Patent Number(s):
5255506
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation (Detroit, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02C - GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-76
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
solid; fuel; combustion; gas; turbine; engine; pressurized; fluidized; bed; carbonizer; outside; gasifying; coal; btu; fraction; compressor; discharge; combusting; char; residue; produce; temperature; vitiated; air; fuel-rich; fuel-lean; staged; topping; combustor; inside; compressed; plenum; diversion; 100; minimizes; expense; fabricating; maintaining; conduits; transferring; pressure; incorporation; modifying; otherwise; conventional; engines; topping combustor; solid fuel; temperature gas; pressurized fluidized; bed combustion; compressed air; turbine engine; fuel gas; fluidized bed; gas turbine; pressurized fluid; turbine engines; fuel combustion; compressor discharge; conventional gas; gasifying coal; btu fuel; /60/

Citation Formats

Wilkes, Colin, and Mongia, Hukam C. Solid fuel combustion system for gas turbine engine. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Wilkes, Colin, & Mongia, Hukam C. Solid fuel combustion system for gas turbine engine. United States.
Wilkes, Colin, and Mongia, Hukam C. Fri . "Solid fuel combustion system for gas turbine engine". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868976.
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abstractNote = {A solid fuel, pressurized fluidized bed combustion system for a gas turbine engine includes a carbonizer outside of the engine for gasifying coal to a low Btu fuel gas in a first fraction of compressor discharge, a pressurized fluidized bed outside of the engine for combusting the char residue from the carbonizer in a second fraction of compressor discharge to produce low temperature vitiated air, and a fuel-rich, fuel-lean staged topping combustor inside the engine in a compressed air plenum thereof. Diversion of less than 100% of compressor discharge outside the engine minimizes the expense of fabricating and maintaining conduits for transferring high pressure and high temperature gas and incorporation of the topping combustor in the compressed air plenum of the engine minimizes the expense of modifying otherwise conventional gas turbine engines for solid fuel, pressurized fluidized bed combustion.},
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