Stored energy, wide energy range turbine starting system

摘要

Difficulties with starting reliability and/or combustion stability in hot gas generating systems are avoided in a construction including a storage vessel (36) for storing an oxidant; a fuel supply (22) and a combustion chamber (26) having an outlet (30) for hot gas. A fuel injection nozzle (28) provides fuel from the supply (22) to the combustion chamber (26) while an oxidant duct (44) connects the vessel (36) to the combustion chamber (26). A choked orifice (46) is disposed in the duct (44) just upstream of the combustion chamber (26) and a bypass duct (50) interconnects the combustion chamber outlet (30) and the oxidant duct (44) between the choked orifice (46) and the combustion chamber (26). A selectively operable valve (53) is disposed in the bypass duct (50) and a pressure regulator (42) is disposed in the oxidant duct (44) for selectively controlling the pressure of oxidant applied to the choked orifice (46).