Combustor having wake air injection
US8899975B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23R2900/03044
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combustor having wake air injection is provided. The combustor includes a fuel nozzle, first and second vessels formed and disposed to define a flow path along which a first fluid flows in first and second opposite directions toward the fuel nozzle, a vane disposed in the flow path and an injector to inject a second fluid into wake formed by an obstruction disposed in the flow path upstream from the vane.
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