Combuster arrangement
US6334297B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combustor arrangement (8) for a gas turbine engine (3) comprising a combustion chamber, fuel nozzles(52a,52b), and a bled diffuser (7) located upstream of said combustion chamber to, in use, direct an airflow from an upstream compressor (6) into the combustor (8). The fuel nozzles (52a,52b) arranged in use to supply fuel into the combustion chamber where it is mixed and combusted with the airflow from the compressor (6). The bled diffuser (7) adapted to bleed off a portion of said airflow from a main airflow into the combustion chamber. At least one bleed duct (46) is connected to the bled diffuser (7) to return and direct the air bled from the diffuser (7) to a main gas flow through the engine (3) at a location downstream of the fuel supply means (52a,52b). The bled air from the diffuser (7) preferably providing cooling of a part of the gas turbine engine (3), for example part of the turbine (10) or combustor outlet vane (58), downstream of the combustor (8).
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