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Fuel lance for a gas turbine engine including outer helical grooves

US8220271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2008
Grant dateJul 17, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23R2900/03341
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel lance (7) for introducing fuel into a gas flow in a combustor (1) of a gas turbine engine includes a region of the lance (7) through which the fuel is introduced into the gas flow having a generally helical formation (12).

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