Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pilot/main fuel shifting in an axial staged combustor for a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15283639Application Date: 2016-10-03
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Publication No.: US10738704B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: William Proscia
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: F23R3/34
- IPC: F23R3/34 ; F02C7/228 ; F23N1/00 ; F23N5/00 ; F23N5/16

Abstract:
A combustor a gas turbine engine includes an axial fuel injection system in communication with a combustion chamber, the axial fuel injection system operable to supply a first percentage of fuel and a radial fuel injection system that communicates with the combustion chamber downstream of the axial fuel injection system, the radial fuel injection system operable to supply a second percentage of fuel, the first percentage and the second percentage of fuel scheduled in response to an engine operating parameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180163629A1 PILOT/MAIN FUEL SHIFTING IN AN AXIAL STAGED COMBUSTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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