High blockage diffuser with means for minimizing wakes
US4512158A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1983 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S415/914
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention minimizes wakes manifested by a fuel nozzle support structure extending through an annular diffuser engine to the burner in a gas turbine engine, spaced walls extending from the inner and outer wall of the diffuser project toward the nozzle support downstream of the support that passes transverse to the flow, one wall being shaped conically and the other being shaped bell-mouthed and convergent.
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