Turbine engine with high efficiency fuel atomization
US4989404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 12, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02C7/26
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Improved fuel atomization for turbine engines operating at low fuel flows and at high altitudes is accomplished in an engine having an annular combustor 26 by utilizing fuel injectors 46 provided with radially inward discharge orifices 56 and planar impingement surfaces 60 within the path of fuel discharged from the orifices 56 to provide a flat spray 62 that is generally tangential to the annular combustor 26.
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