(19)
(11) EP 3 486 568 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
31.07.2019 Bulletin 2019/31

(43) Date of publication:
22.05.2019 Bulletin 2019/21

(21) Application number: 18207407.0

(22) Date of filing: 20.11.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F23R 3/12(2006.01)
F23C 6/04(2006.01)
F23R 3/36(2006.01)
F23D 14/70(2006.01)
 F23R 3/16(2006.01)
F23R 3/34(2006.01)
F23D 14/62(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 20.11.2017 US 201715817861

(71) Applicant: Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG
5401 Baden (CH)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bothien, Mirko Ruben
    8037 Zürich (CH)
  • Pennell, Douglas
    5210 Windisch (CH)
  • Stuttaford, Peter
    33478 Jupiter, Florida (US)

(74) Representative: Andreotti, Erika et al
Studio Torta S.p.A. Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)

   


(54) METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION IN A REHEAT COMBUSTOR FOR A COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY OF A GAS TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED REHEAT COMBUSTOR


(57) A method is disclosed for controlling fuel injection in a reheat combustor (16) of a gas turbine combustor assembly (3) including a combustor casing (20) defining a gas flow channel (21) and a plurality of injection nozzles (30) distributed in or around the gas flow channel; the method includes the step of distributing fuel among the injection nozzles (30) according to a non-uniform distribution pattern.