Combustor heat shield with carbon avoidance feature
US9518739B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/34
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The build-up of carbon deposition on the front face of a combustor heat shield is discouraged by jetting air out from the front face of the heat shield with sufficient momentum to push approaching fuel droplets or rich fuel-air mixture way from the heat shield.
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