Fuel nozzle device comprising a swirler having spiral swirl vanes
Abstract:
A fuel nozzle device for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle body extending in an axial direction and projecting into the combustion chamber, and swirler including a tubular portion concentrically surrounding the nozzle body, a deflector formed as a hollow shell concentrically surrounding the tubular portion, and a plurality of swirl vanes extending between the tubular portion and the deflector. Each swirl vane extends along a logarithmic spiral around an axial center of the nozzle body between the tubular portion and the deflector with a certain meridian crossing angle α and a certain twist angle Φ such that the outer peripheral inclination angle θ is smaller than the stacking angle β of the swirl vane when the swirl vane is manufactured by an additive manufacturing process with a front end up orientation.
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