Patent ID: 6109038
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: F23C,F23D,F23R

Abstract:
A combustor for combusting a flow of fuel in a flow of oxygen bearing fluid comprising:a) first and second passages for mixing first and second portions of said fuel flow in first and second portions of said flow of oxygen bearing fluid, respectively, said first passage having an inlet for receiving said first portion of said oxygen bearing fluid flow, said second passage having an inlet for receiving said second portion of said oxygen bearing fluid flow wherein said first and second passages are separated by a wall member; andb) means for introducing said fuel flow into said first and second portions of said flow of oxygen bearing fluid, said fuel introducing means comprising an annular fuel distribution chamber positioned in the flow of oxygen bearing fluid upstream of said wall member and forming first and second, separate fuel distribution manifolds, which are isolated from each other, said first fuel distribution manifold having means for discharging said first portion of said fuel flow substantially only into said first passage and said first portion of said flow of oxygen bearing fluid, and said second fuel distribution manifold having means for discharging said second portion of said fuel flow substantially only into said second passage and said second portion of said flow of oxygen bearing fluid.