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Premix combustor for gas turbine engine

US6189314A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1999
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23D2900/11101
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A premixing section for supplying a fuel-air mixture to a homogeneous combustion chamber includes a first fuel nozzle disposed along an axis, a second fuel nozzle disposed to surround the outer periphery of the first fuel nozzle, and a premixing/pre-evaporating chamber. The first fuel nozzle is a diffusion combustion type nozzle and supplies the fuel-air mixture from an air blast-type nozzle tip directly to the homogeneous combustion chamber. The second fuel nozzle is a premixing/pre-evaporating type nozzle and supplies the fuel-air mixture from an air blast-type nozzle tip to the premixing/pre-evaporating chamber, so that the fuel-air mixture promoted in mixing and evaporation in the premixing/pre-evaporating chamber, is supplied via a swirler to the homogeneous combustion chamber. With the above arrangement, the atomization of the fuel enhances the emission characteristics.

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