Coke resistant fuel injector for a low emissions combustor
US6715292B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23D11/107
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel injector 20 for a combustor can 18 includes a pressure atomizing core nozzle and an airblast secondary injector. The airblast portion of the injector includes inner and outer air passages 98, 138 for injecting coannular, coswirling streams of inner and outer air into the combustor can. The injector also includes an air distribution baffle 154 that extends radially across the inner air passage 98 to divide the inner air stream into an annular substream AA and a plurality of air jets AJ.
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