Architecture for a combustion chamber made of ceramic matrix material
US6679062B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23M2900/05002
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbomachine comprises an annular shell of metal material containing in a gas flow direction F a fuel injection assembly, an annular combustion chamber of composite material, and an annular nozzle of metal material forming the fixed-blade inlet stage of a high pressure turbine, said nozzle being supported by the annular shell and being fixed thereto by first releasable fixing means, and provision being made for the combustion chamber to be mounted in floating manner inside the annular shell and held in position solely by the nozzle to which it is fixed in resilient manner by second releasable fixing means.
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