Combustor for a gas turbine engine

US11959643B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Karthikeyan Sampath · Bengaluru, IN
• Pradeep Naik · Kanchinakote, IN
• Veeraraju Vanapalli · Bengaluru, IN
• Perumallu Vukanti · Bengaluru, IN
• Shai Birmaher · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel J. Kirtley · Blue Ash, US
• Deepak Ghiya · Kanchinakote, IN
• Rimple Rangrej · Bengaluru, IN
• Saket Singh · Bengaluru, IN
• Ravindra Shankar Ganiger · Kanchinakote, IN
• Hiranya Nath · Bengaluru, IN
• Michael A. Benjamin · Cincinnati, US
• Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23R2900/00018
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.