Method of and appliance for suppressing flow eddies within a turbomachine
US6698209B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23R2900/00014
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Described are a method of and an appliance for suppressing flow eddies within a turbomachine, having a burner in which a fuel/air mixture is caused to ignite and in which hot gases are formed which leave the burner at the burner outlet and discharge into a combustion chamber, which follows the burner in the flow direction of the hot gases.The invention is characterized in that a mass flow is mixed into the hot gases directly at the location of the burner outlet.
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