Title of Invention

METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING THE INJECTION OF LIQUID INTO AN INFLOW DUCT OF A PRIME MOVER OR DRIVEN MACHINE

Abstract

The injection of finely atomised liquid drops into the suction air stream of a compressor is used, for example, to improve the performance of a gas turbine. When the atomisation is carried out by means of pressurised atomising nozzles, during the operation of the injection device with part of the design mass flow, advantageously only some of the atomising nozzles (13) of the injection device (6) are supplied with liquid. According to the invention, the atomising nozzles (13), which are arranged on nozzle tubes (12) in one form of embodiment of the injection device - all atomising nozzles respectively arranged on one nozzle tube being supplied with liquid at the same time - are operated in such a way that the same mass flow is injected on each side of a line of symmetry (14). Preferably, the nozzle tubes (12) are combined to form groups (I, II, III, IV) which are supplied with the liquid at the same time, the tubes of one group being preferably arranged in a mirror-inverted manner in relation to the line of symmetry. ABSTRACT (1089/CHENP/2005) "METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING THE INJECTION OF LIQUID INTO AN INFLOW DUCT OF A PRIME MOVER OR DRIVEN MACHINE" The injection of finely atomized liquid drops into the suction air stream of a compressor is used, for example, to improve the performance of a gas turbine. When the atomization is carried out by means of pressurized atomizing nozzles, during the operation of the injection device with part of the design mass flow advantageously only some of the atomizing nozzles of the injection device are supplied with liquid. According to the invention, the atomizing nozzles, which are arranged on nozzle tubes in one form of embodiment of the injection device all atomizing nozzles respectively arranged on one nozzle lube being supplied with liquid at the same time - are operated in such a way that the same mass flow is injected on each side of a line of symmetry. Preferably, the nozzle tubes are combined to form groups which are supplied with the liquid at the same time, the tubes of one group being preferably arranged in a mirror-involved manner in relation to the line of symmetry. Figure 2

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Technical field The invention relates to a method of controlling the injection of liquid into an inflow duct of a prime mover or driven machine. It also relates to a device for carrying out the method. Prior art A gas is heated during its adiabatic compression. Due to the heating and the associated increase in volume, the requisite compression work is increased. This has various adverse consequences at the compressor of a gas turboset. The increased inlet temperature at the combustor can result in lower firing of the gas turboset. The compression requires a greater proportion of the turbine work and takes place at a poorer efficiency. In addition, cooling air branched off from the compressor is available only at an already greatly increased temperature level. Consequently, the output and efficiency potentials of the gas turboset are adversely affected. Attempts are consequently made to limit this temperature increase, for example by intermediate-cooling stages during the compression. The "isothermal compression" is also of interest in this connection. The injection of a liquid, in particular water, into the compressor or into its inflow (the latter injection being especially simple to realize) in such a way that liquid droplets enter the compressor is in this case an especially simple means of achieving internal cooling of the compressor by the evaporation of this liquid. By a liquid being sprayed into the compressor or into the regions located upstream of the compressor, a similar cooling effect as with an intermediate-cooler heat exchanger can be achieved by the evaporation inside the compressor. This involves an approximation to the "quasi-isothermal compression". On account of the lower temperatures achieved by means of the quasi-isothermal compression and the associated higher specific density of the gas to be compressed, less energy is required for the compression. FR__15-£3i43 has already described the positive effects of the injection of liquid into ,.-£,A’ , (A' compressors, but at the same time emphasizes the importance of fine atomization and uniform distribution of the liquid. It is not actually unusual for water to penetrate into a compressor during operation, thus during the cleaning of a stationary gas turbine or in an aircraft engine when flying through clouds or rain. However, since permanent water injection could lead to problems on account Of blade erosion, the sprayed liquid must be atomized very finely into very small droplets. Therefore the challenge with corresponding technical solutions has hitherto been to realize water spraying with very small droplets, normally 0.9 - 5 in diameter during "flash atomization" and 20 - 40 during high-pressure atomization. At the same time, the sprayed quantity of these droplets must be so large that it is sufficient for cooling the air during the compression. WO 99/67519 discloses the "swirl-flash technology" for generating very fine droplets. It is based on the ff- r \J' fundamental principle that a liquid is pressurized, ' superheated and then sprayed by means of a nozzle. The liquid, in particular water, discharges from the nozzle in a typical cone. The droplet size is approximately 2 5 um. Since the temperature of the liquid is considerably above the boiling point at ambient In addition to a suitable design of the nozzles, it is necessary to spray liquid droplets into the inflow as homogeneously as possible over the entire inflow cross section. In addition to the atomizing quality, FR 1563749 also mentions that the homogeneous, uniform distribution of the liquid introduced is also decisive. A distribution which is very uneven results in locally varying cooling in the compressor. The resulting warm and cold strands reduce the pumping distance of the compressor and in the extreme case may lead to the distortion of the casing. Summary of the invention It is therefore the object of the present invention to specify a method of the type mentioned at the beginning which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art. In particular, a method is to be specified which controls the liquid spraying in such a way that a profile of the droplet load which is as favorable as possible for the operation of the downstream compressor is produced, even during operation of only some of the injection nozzles. The essence of the invention is therefore to control the injection of liquid in such a way that, if at all possible, a symmetrical pattern of the injection is produced. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that, on each side of a symmetry line of the injection device, liquid is admitted to so many nozzles that the sum of the partial mass flows passed through the individual atomizer nozzles is at least approximately the same on each side of the symmetry line. In this case, the expression "symmetry line" refers to a symmetry line of the injection device in the fitted state. That is to say that the injection device itself could also be asymmetrical, provided the inflow duct has a line at which it is at least approximately symmetrical; the symmetry of the inflow duct is then decisive - as is apparent to the person skilled in the art. To this end, the liquid feed to individual atomizer nozzles, or also to a plurality of atomizer nozzles combined to form a group, is preferably released or shut off selectively by a shut-off member. If all the atomizer nozzles have an identical throughflow behavior, that is to say the same relative partial mass flow, relative to the total mass flow of the entire injection device under the same pressure conditions, liquid is admitted to the same number of atomizer nozzles, preferably in mirror-image arrangement, on both sides of a symmetry line. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a plurality of atomizer nozzles are combined to form at least one nozzle group and liquid is jointly admitted to them. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which at least a number of atomizer nozzles are arranged on at least one nozzle tube, liquid is jointly admitted to all the nozzles arranged on a nozzle tube. Furthermore, such a nozzle tube construction is assumed in particular in the exemplary embodiments. However, the statements made there in relation to the activation of nozzle tubes may readily be applied to the activation of individual nozzles or to nozzles which are combined in groups and are not arranged on tubes. In an injection device having a nozzle tube construction as disclosed per se by the prior art, the injection of liquid is controlled according to the invention in such a way that, on each side of a symmetry line of the injection device, liquid is admitted to so many tubes that the mass flows passed through the tubes are the same on each side of the symmetry line; admission of liquid to the nozzle tubes in mirror image is preferably effected. The admission of licjuid is effected by the liquid feed to individual nozzle tubes, or also to a plurality of combined nozzle tubes, being preferably released or shut off by a shut-off member. In this case, the admission of liquid to a group of tubes may be effected by a plurality of shut-off members being operated simultaneously. In an embodiment of the invention, the supply lines of the nozzles and/or tubes combined to form a group are brought together at a point situated upstream in such a way that all the nozzles and/or tubes of the group can be activated via a common shut-off member. In this case, the admission of liquid to individual nozzles and/or tubes via in each case separate shut-off members ensures greater flexibility of the injection pattern to be realized, whereas the activation of an entire group via a common shut-off member leads to a simplification in terms of equipment and control. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pressure difference over the injection nozzles is kept constant. The liquid mass flow, in good approximation, is then proportional Co the entire nozzle cross section to which liquid is admitted; provided that all the nozzles are identical, which is an advantageous aim> the liquid mass flow is proportional to the number of nozzles to which liquid is admitted. In a preferred embodiment, all the nozzles have an identical throughflow behavior. Furthermore, in one embodiment, all the tubes have an identical nozzle complement. The injected liquid mass flow is then proportional to the number of nozzles and/or tubes to which liquid is admitted. If this is not the case, an individual partial mass flow may be assigned to each tube. If pressure atomizer nozzles are used for spraying the liquid, the pressure drop over the nozzles is as a rule around a few 10 bar, for example 30 - 50 bar. In contrast, the pressure change in the inflow duct is negligible, so that it is sufficient as a rule for the supply pressure of the liquid in the tubes or in the feed line system to the nozzles and/or tubes to be kept constant. As a result, the mass flow delivered by a liquid pump can be controlled very simply in such a way that the supply pressure remains constant. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, liquid is admitted to nozzles and/or tubes arranged in mirror image to one another on each side of the symmetry axis. In a further embodiment, liquid is admitted to nozzles and/or tubes distributed as uniformly as possible over the cross section; for example, in an equidistant arrangement of the tubes, every second tube for 50% relative injection mass flow or every third tube for 33% relative injection mass flow. As indicated above, in a preferred variant of the invention, in each case a plurality of nozzles and/or tubes are combined to form a group and liquid is jointly admitted to them; it goes without saying that this also applies to the switching-off operation. In this case, the combining to form a group may be effected via the control of the method by provision being made for joint simultaneous switching of a plurality of shut-off members; on the other hand, a plurality of nozzles and/or tubes may be supplied from a common shut-off member, downstream of which the liquid feed line branches to individual nozzles and/or tubes. It is again advantageous in this case if nozzles and/or tiibes are arranged in a group symmetrically to a symmetry line or center axis of the injection device. In an embodiment of the invention, the nozzles and/or tubes are combined to form groups in such a way the relative group mass flow, also referred to below in short as group mass flow, that is to say the mass flow passed through the group, is constant in relation to the liquid mass flow of the entire injection device at identical pressures. In a further embodiment, some of the groups have a first group mass flow, whereas at least one group has a smaller group mass flow, which in particular advantageously corresponds to around 50% of the first group mass flow. During an increase in the entire injection mass flow, liquid is then in each case always advantageously admitted to a second group having a small group mass flow, and, during a further increase in the total mass flow, a first group having a large group mass flow is switched on and at the same time the group having the smaller group mass flow is switched of f. The mass flow increment during each switching operation then corresponds to the small group mass flow; however, the number of switching groups, compared with a switching operation in which all the groups have the small group mass flow and are operated sequentially, is virtually halved at the same mass flow increment. Note that it is by no means necessary for the groups to be mutually operated sequentially with time increments; it is even advantageous, if a certain mass flow is aimed at, to simultaneously operate all the groups necessary for this mass flow in order to increase the total mass flow over time in a single step. When mass flow increments and switching stages are referred to in connection with this invention, this refers to the sequence of the switching operation over the mass flow to be set. However, the latter can be set in a single step if the groups to be operated are known, so that there are no time increments. This is even advantageous in terms of operation, since the gas turboset is confronted only once with a transient change in the operating conditions and not several times in succession, as would be the case i f the mass flow increments were to be switched on in time increments. In a further preferred embodiment of the method, nozzles and/or tubes are combined to form groups in such a way and liquid is admitted to them in such a way that the group mass flows are geometrically graduated. In particular, a binary graduation of the group mass flows, with the ratio 2, is preferred here. In this case, the group mass flows relative to the smallest group mass flow behave like 1:2:4:8, and so forth; that is to say each group having a larger mass flow has twice the group mass flow as the group having the next smaller group mass flow. It is then possible, for example, to set 15 different equidistant total mass flows with only 4 controllable groups, or 31 equidistant mass flows with 5 groups. In general, with N groups graduated in a binary fashion, 2’'-l precisely equidistant mass flows can be realized. With the present method, it is possible to graduate the injection quantity of the cooling medium in such a way as to be adapted to the operating mode, in particular the respectively deliverable or required output, of the prime mover or driven machine during operation thereof. Thus the various injection groups, to which the various injection nozzles are assigned, are switched on and/or off during the operation for increasing or reducing the cooling capacity in such a way that the change in the quantity of the injected cooling medium is possible in small steps from stage to stage, and consequently finely graduated mass flow desired values can be delivered. with regard to the homogeneous spraying of the liquid, the flow zone in the inflow duct is preferably also to be taken into account. In this case, it is also of importance for the spraying of the liquid whether a laminar or a turbulent flow prevails at the corresponding injection points. In addition, it is to be taken into account that the flow velocities over the cross section of the intake duct are also variable. The spatial distribution of the injected liquid is effected in a further embodiment while taking into account these flow parameters. Brief description of the drawings The method according to the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing, in which, in detail: figure 1 shows a diagrammatic sketch of a gas turboset with an injection device arranged in an inflow duct; figure 2 shows an injection device for a rectangular inflow-duct cross section with binary graduation of tube groups; figure 3 shows a further example of an injection device for a rectangular inflow-duct cross section; figure 4 shows an injection device for a circular-ring-shaped inflow duct with radial orientation of nozzle tubes; and figure 5 shows an injection device for a circular-ring-shaped inflow duct with circumferential orientation of nozzle tubes. Ways of implementing the Imrention Figure 1 schematically illustrates the use of the method according to the invention with reference to the inflow duct of a gas turboset 1. The gas turboset shown by way of example has, without restricting the universality, a compressor la, a combustor lb and a turbine Ic. Connected upstream of the compressor is an intake region 2 for preparing the intake air fed in the inflow duct 3. An air filter 4 and an intake silencer 5 are arranged in the intake region. A device 6 for injecting a liquid into the inflow duct 3 is arranged downstream of the intake silencer. This device serves in particular to introduce finely atomized licjuid water droplets into the compressor la, where, as mentioned at the beginning, they evaporate and thereby internally cool the compressor. Downstream of this injection device, built-in components of large area are no longer arranged in the flow path up to Che compressor inlet, apart from some bearing supports which are known from the prior art, but which only constitute a very small obstruction of the flow duct and are shaped in a fluidically favorable manner in such a way that liguid droplets are deflected around them essentially without interaction. This arrangement of liguid-injection nozzles directly upstream of the compressor inlet in the respect that no flow obstacles lie in the flow path and that the injection device is arranged in particular downstream of an air filter and a silencer has already been disclosed per se by US 5,193,976 and had already been acknowledged at that time as being necessary, so that the droplets produced during the injection also pass into the compressor instead of being precipitated on built-in components of the inflow duct. For the intended use, the injection device 5 must be able to introduce liquid mass flows which vary to a very high degree into the inflow duct with sufficient and as far as possible uniform atomizing quality. To this end, when pressure atomizers are used, which advantageously do not require any auxiliary energy produced externally, it is actually imperative for liquid to be admitted to a varying number of injection nozzles. The admission of liquid to the nozzles is realized by a valve block 8, in which a number of shut-off members selectively release or shut off the flow at certain injection nozzles or groups of injection nozzles. A pump 7 delivers the liquid to be injected under pressure to the valve block S, where the liquid quantity delivered is distributed to the individual nozzles or nozzle groups through the shut-off members. A pressure-measuring point measures the pressure of the fed liquid, and the atomizing quality of pressure atomizers in the injection device 6 is kept essentially constant by keeping the pressure constant in a controlled manner. Thus, for example, the speed of a centrifugal pump 7 is increased in the event of a pressure reduction and is reduced during increasing pressure, as a result of which the pressure can be kept constant in a very simple manner independently of the mass flow actually passed through, or the mass flow is set in proportion to the nozzle cross sections to which fluid is admitted. Figure 2 shows an exemplary configuration of the injection device 6. Arranged in a frame 11 are 34 tubes 12, which in turn carry atomizer nozzles 13. The injection device 6 is conceived for an air flow 10 oriented normal to the area defined by the frame 11. In the exemplary embodiment depicted, two tubes are in each case arranged one behind the other in the direction of flow. This reduces the obstruction of the flow duct 3 and thus also the pressure losses caused by the injection device. The injection nozzles of the tubes situated downstream are oriented in the direction of the throughflow provided. The injection nozzles of the tubes situated upstream are at an angle to the throughflow direction. The liquid atomized by these nozzles is injected into the respective gap between two of the tubes situated downstream,- precipitation of the injected liquid on the tubes situated downstream is thus avoided. The entire injection device 6 is provided for a certain total nominal mass flow at a certain nominal pressure, which is predetermined essentially by the atomizer nozzles 13. On each tube 12, a number of nozzles are in each case actually already combined to form a group. Assigned to each nozzle tube 12 is a relative partial mass flow, which is determined as the mass flow passed through the tube under nominal conditions relative to the total mass flow of the injection device 6. Under the assumption - which is by no means imperative! - that all the nozzles 13 are identical, although this design generally brings about advantages, this relative partial mass flow is proportional to the number of nozzles 13 arranged on the nozzle tube 12. In the case of an injection mass flow which is below the total mass flow, liquid is admitted to only a corresponding proportion of the nozzle tubes. Thus the supply pressure of the liquid and therefore the pressure drop over the atomizer nozzles and consequently the atomizing quality can be kept constant. Furthermore, the injection device has a center axis or symmetry axis 14. In the example, the nozzles are arranged in mirror image to one another on each side of the center axis 14. According to the invention, in order to avoid asymmetry of the thermodynamic states, which is damaging to the downstream compressor, liquid is admitted on each side of the symmetry axis essentially to so many tubes that their accumulated partial mass flows are at least approximately identical on each side of the symmetry axis. To this end, depending on the design of the injection device, it is often sufficient for liquid to be admitted on each side to the same number of tubes, preferably in a mirror image arrangement. It is also advantageous in this case if liquid is admitted to tubes which are distributed over the cross section of flow as uniformly as possible. As mentioned, the activation is simplified if in each case a number of tubes are combined to form a group and are activated together; that is to say that liquid is admitted to all the tubes of a group or none of the tubes of a group. For example, tubes are combined to form four groups I, II, III and IV. In this case, in one embodiment, the groups are selected in such a way that the group mass flows of the individual groups are geometrically graduated, in particular and preferably by a graduation factor 2, this of course also including deviations by a few percent down or up, which are caused in particular by the discretization of the partial mass flow increments which are possible and realizable. Thus the group mass flow of group II is therefore twice that of group I, that of group III is twice that of group II, and so forth. With four groups, the group mass flows therefore behave at least approximately like 1:2:4:8. with such a binary group graduation, 15 equidistantly graduated discrete lic[uid mass flows can be set with the operation of only 4 nozzle groups, that is to say with a preferably corresponding combination of nozzle tubes at one shut-off member in each case, with only 4 shut-off members, at essentially uniform atomizing quality. The group mass flow of the smallest group is in this case 1/15 of the total nominal mass flow,- in general, the relative group mass flow of the smallest group with N groups graduated in a binary fashion is determined from the formula 1/2"'‘. At a setting of the liquid mass flows with 4 groups graduated in a binary fashion, the switching scheme shown below is used: Groups to which liquid is admitted Liquid mass flow in 1/15 of the total nominal mass flow I 1 II 2 II+I 3 III 4 III+I 5 III+II 6 III+II+I 7 IV 8 IV+I 9 IV+II 10 IV+II+I 11 IV+III 12 IV+III+I 13 IV+III+II 14 IV+III+II+I 15 In the light of the above comments, application to a different number of groups graduated in a binary fashion will be readily apparent to the person skilled in the art. Furthermore, it can be seen from figure 2 that the tubes assigned to a group are selected in such a way that the distribution of the respective tubes to which liquid is admitted is in each case as homogeneous and as symmetrical as possible over the cross section of flow. Figure 3 shows a further exeimple of the embodiment of the invention. The injection device 6 shown there has ten tubes 12 with atomizing nozzles (not shown) . The following comments assume that all the tubes have the same number of identical atomizing nozzles. The nozzle tubes are combined to form six groups I to VI. in this case, the relative group mass flow of groups I and VI is 10% each, and is 20% each for groups II, III, IV and V. The grouping enables the injection mass flow to be set in 10% increments. The groups II, III, IV and V are arranged symmetrically to the center line 14, and the groups I and VI are arranged asymmetrically to the center line 14; that is to say that, if liquid is admitted to either group I or group VI without liquid being admitted to the other of the two groups at the same time, asymmetry results. This is perfectly tolerable, since the asymmetry occurs at a small distance from the center line; it therefore has a slight "moment". A similar situation applies if only one tube is operated asymmetrically when liquid is admitted to a multiplicity of tubes; the asymmetry is then of only slight consequence. During the operation of the groups for covering the entire injection mass flow range, two switching schemes are suitable in principle; Switching scheme 1: groups to which liquid is admitted Swi t ching s cheme 2: groups to which liquid is admitted Liquid mass flow in % of the total nominal mass flow I I 10 II I-fVI 20 II+I II+I 30 III+II Il-t-I+VI 40 III+II+I III+II+I 50 iv+iii+ii; III+II+I+VI 60 IV+III+II+I IV+III+II+I 70 V+IV+III+II IV+III+II+I+VI 80 V+IV+III+II+I V+IV+III+II+I 90 V+IV+III+II+I+VI V+IV+III+II+I+VI 100 Whereas switching scheme 2 has less asymmetry, switching scheme 1 requires fewer switching operations. Note again that the switching schemes described in no way need to be operated in a time sequence, but rather all the groups necessary according to a switching scheme for a desired mass flow are advantageously operated simultaneously. Figure 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of an injection device which can be operated according to the method according to the invention. The device shown here is suitable in particular for use in circular or virtually circular or circular-ring-shaped cross sections of flow, thus in the direct inlet region of a compressor, in the '‘bellmouth". The - several symmetry lines are not depicted here for the sake of clarity but will be readily apparent to the person skilled in the art. The atomizer nozzles 13 are arranged on nozzle tubes 12, some of the nozzle tubes carrying nozzles in a radially inner region of the circular-ring-shaped inflow duct 3, and others carrying nozzles in a radially outer region. The nozzles are arranged at an angular distance of 45° in the radially inner region and at an angular distance of 22.5° in the outer region in order to be able to achieve homogenous spraying. The tubes are supported relative to one another by a stiffening ring 15 in order to avoid chattering or vibrations. Liquid is admitted to the nozzle tubes via the pump 7, which is regulated to a constant pressure, and via the shut-off members arranged in Che valve block S. In each case two nozzle tubes opposite one another are combined to form a group, and liquid is admitted to them by a common shut-off member. A possible switching scheme which enables the gas flow to be loaded with droplets as far as possible in a homogeneous and symmetrical manner could be: XII-VI-II-VIII-V-XI-IX-III-X-IV-VII-I, although other switching schemes may also prove to be suitable. In the injection device shown in figure 5, the nozzle tubes 12 are arranged in a ring-segment-shaped configuration in the circular-ring-shaped inflow duct 3. The radial spacing of the nozzle tubes 12 decreases toward the outside. In each case radially opposite tubes with atomizer nozzles are again combined to form a group I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and liquid is jointly admitted to them, as a result of which asymmetry is again avoided or minimized. The embodiments explained in the exemplary embodiments do not of course constitute any restriction of the invention described in the claims,- in particular, it is of course not imperative to operate the nozzles or tubes in groups. The equidistant arrangement, shown in figures 2 and 3, of the nozzle tubes is also by no means imperative. List of deBlgnations: 1 Gas turboset la Compressor lb Combustor Ic Turbine 2 Inflow region, intake section 3 Inflow duct 4 Air filter 5 Silencer 6 Injection device 7 Liquid pump 8 Valve block 10 Gas flow 11 Frame 12 Tube, nozzle tube 13 Nozzle, injection nozzle, atomizer nozzle 14 Symmetry line, center line 15 Supporting ring I Nozzle/tube group II Nozzle/tube group III Nozzle/tube group IV Nozzle/tube group V Nozzle/tube group VI Nozzle/tube group VII Nozzle/tube group VIII Nozzle/tube group IX Nozzle/tube group X Nozzle/tube group XI Nozzle/tube group XII Nozzle/tube group WE CLAIM: 1. A method of controlling the injection of liquid into an inflow duct (3) of a prime mover or driven machine by means of an injection device (6) which is provided for a total nominal mass flow and which has a number of atomizer nozzles (12), in particular pressure atomizer nozzles, which nozzles are arranged in a distributed manner over the cross section of the inflow duct, each nozzle being configured for the throughput of a partial flow of the total nominal mass flow, the injection device having at least one symmetry line (14), in which method, at an injection mass flow which is below the total nominal mass flow, liquid is admitted to only some of the nozzles, characterized in that on each side of the symmetry line (14), liquid is admitted to essentiaUy so many nozzles (13) that the sum of the partial mass flows of the nozzles to which liquid is admitted is the same on each side of the symmetry line. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, on each side of the symmetry line, liquid is admitted to nozzles arranged essentially in mirror image to one another. 3. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein liquid is admitted to nozzles which are arranged in a distributed manner uniform!}' over the cross section. 4 The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least a number of nozzles are combined to form a nozzle group (I, II; ..), liquid being jointly admitted in each case to a nozzle group having an associated group throughput of liquid. 5. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein at least a number of atomizer nozzles (13) are arranged on at least one nozzle tube (12), liquid being jointly admitted to the nozzies arranged on the nozzle tube. 6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein in each case a number of tubes are combined to form a group (1, II,..), liquid being jointly admitted in each case to a tube group having an associated group throughput of liquid. 7. The method as claimed in either of claims 4 and 6, wherein nozzles and tubes arranged essentially symmetrically to the symmetry axis are combined to form a group to which liquid is to be jointly admitted. 8. The method as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the nozzles and tubes are combined to form groups in such a way that the same partial mass flow is passed through in each group as group throughput. 9. The method as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the nozzles and tubes are combined to form groups in such a way and liquid is jointly admitted to them in such a way that a first portion of the groups in each case has a first group throughput, and at least one flirter group has a second group throughput which is smaller than the first group throughput. 10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second group throughput is 50% of the first group throughput. n. The method as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein nozzles and tubes are combined to form groups in such a way and liquid is admitted to them in such a way that the group throughputs of the individual groups have a geometric graduation. 12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the group throughput of a group is in each case twice the group throughput of the next smaller group in such a way that the groups have a binary graduation of the group throughputs. 13. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the pressure drop over the injection nozzles is kept constant. 14. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supply pressure of the liquid before flowing through the injection nozzles is kept constant. 15. An injection device (6) for the injection of liquid into an inflow duct (3) of a prime mover or driven machine for carrying out a method as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 14, which is provided for a total nominal mass flow and which has a number of atomizer nozzles (12), in particular pressure atomizer nozzles, which nozzles are arranged In a distributed manner over the cross section of the inflow duct (3), each nozzle (13) having a throughput, which is a fraction of the total nominal mass flow, the injection device (6) having at least one symmetry line (14), characterised in that at least a number of nozzles (13) are combined to form a nozzle group (I, II;..), nozzles of each group being arranged on each side of the symmetry line so that the sum of partial mass flows of the nozzles is the same on each side of the symmetry line (14), and that the nozzles (13) and/or tubes (12) are connected to supply lines, and that all the supply lines of the nozzles (13) and tubes (12) of a group (I, II;..) are connected at a point situated upstream, and that they have a common shut-off member. 16. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein all the nozzles and tubes are identical. 17. The device as claimed in either of claims 15 and 16, wherein the nozzles and tubes are arranged equidistantly in the flow duct.

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