Patent · US Expired

Gas turbine engine fuel injection apparatus

US5647538A · kind A · utility

41Cited by
2References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 1994
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 19, 2014

Classification

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

Abstract

A fuel injection apparatus which is suitable for use with the combustion apparatus of a gas turbine engine, is adapted to produce reduced amounts of noxious emissions. The apparatus comprises a central core which is provided with two fuel supply ducts. The first fuel supply duct supplies fuel for atomization in a swirling airstream; the atomized fuel being subsequently thoroughly mixed with air in an axially elongate mixing duct. The second fuel supply duct supplies fuel to the downstream end of the core where the fuel is atomized by an air flow through a duct surrounding the core before being exhausted from the core downstream end.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.