Patent · US Expired

Airblast fuel injector

US4773596A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 1987
Grant dateSep 27, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23D2900/11101
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel injector assembly for a gas turbine combustor projects a hollow conical spray of fuel. A plurality of discrete surrounding air nozzles 42 project air directly toward the axis 46 of the injector at an angle of 15 degrees, establishing a fuel rich external recirculation zone 52.

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