Method of disgorging flames from a two stream tangential entry nozzle
US5896739A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23C2900/07002
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of reducing the tendency of the combustion flame to stabilize within the mixing zone of a tangential entry nozzle is disclosed which comprises mixing fuel and air in a mixing zone within a fuel nozzle assembly, thereby producing a first fuel/air mixture which is isolated from the combustion products by maintaining sufficiently high axial velocities throughout the mixing zone and using a combination of a second internal passageway within a centerbody (either fueled or unfueled) and the surfaces of the combustor inlet port.
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