Combustion section with a primary combustor and a set of secondary combustors

US12173898B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Pradeep Naik · Kanchinakote, IN
• Joseph Zelina · Waynesville, US
• Sripathi Mohan · Bengaluru, IN
• Perumallu Vukanti · Bengaluru, IN
• Clayton Stuart Cooper · Loveland, US
• Michael A. Benjamin · Cincinnati, US
• Steven C. Vise · Loveland, US
• Karthikeyan Sampath · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 13, 2023
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23R3/50
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbine engine with a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. A combustion section for the turbine engine, having a primary combustor liner including an inner liner and an outer liner annular about an engine centerline. A dome wall extending between the inner liner and the outer liner. A set of primary dome inlets located in the dome wall and circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline. A set of secondary combustors fluidly coupled to a primary combustion chamber, the set of secondary combustors including a first mini combustor and a second mini combustor.