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Flameholder for gas turbine engine

US4226087A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1979
Grant dateOct 7, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23R3/18
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flameholder of a burner for a gas turbine engine includes a discrete pattern of judiciously shaped apertures having projectiles in the form of cusps formed on the upstream face facing the airstream so as to improve the flameholder with a consequential reduction in the concentration level of gaseous pollutants.

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