Abstract:
A gas turbine engine has a combustor module (10) including an annular combustor having a liner assembly that defines an annular combustion chamber. The liner assembly includes an inner liner (32) and an outer liner (34) that circumscribes the inner liner (32). The inner liner (32) has a plurality of first combustion air admission holes (66) passing therethrough and the second liner (34) has a plurality of second combustion air admission holes (68) passing therethrough. Each of the first and the second combustion air admission holes (66,68) has a swirler (70,80) disposed therein.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine has a combustor module including an annular combustor (26) having a liner assembly that defines an annular combustion chamber (30) and includes a circumferential row of a plurality of relatively large combustion dilution air admission holes (116) and a circumferential row of a plurality of smaller quench air admission holes (120) disposed downstream with respect to the flow of combustion gas products. The plurality of quench air admission holes (120) are arranged with respect to the plurality of relatively large dilution air admission holes (116) disposed upstream thereof such that there is associated with each dilution air admission hole (116) a first quench air admission hole (120) and a second quench air admission hole (120), the first quench air admission hole (120) being offset laterally in a first lateral direction and the second quench air admission hole (120) being offset laterally in a second lateral direction opposite to the first direction.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine has a combustor module (10) including an annular combustor having a liner assembly that defines an annular combustion chamber. The liner assembly includes an inner liner (32) and an outer liner (34) that circumscribes the inner liner (32). The inner liner (32) has a plurality of first combustion air admission holes (66) passing therethrough and the second liner (34) has a plurality of second combustion air admission holes (68) passing therethrough. Each of the first and the second combustion air admission holes (66,68) has a swirler (70,80) disposed therein.
Abstract:
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes inner and outer liners 32,34 with a row 112, 114 of dilution air holes penetrating through each liner. The row 114 of holes in the outer liner 34 comprise at least a set of large size, major outer holes 116 and may also include a set of smaller size minor outer holes 118 circumferentially intermediate neighboring pairs of the major outer holes 116. The row 112 of holes in the inner liner include dilution air holes circumferentially offset from the major outer holes 116 and may also include a set of minor holes 122 circumferentially intermediate major inner holes 120 . The major and minor holes admit respective major and minor jets of dilution air into the combustor. The distribution of major and minor holes and the corresponding major and minor dilution air jets helps to minimize NOx emissions and regulates the spatial temperature profile of the exhaust gases discharged from the combustor.
Abstract:
A tangential air entry fuel nozzle (10) has a combustor inlet port (20) to permit air and fuel to exit into a combustor (56). The port includes a convergent surface (116), a combustor surface, and a cylindrical surface (118) extending therebetween. The convergent surface extends a first distance along the longitudinal axis (26) of the nozzle, the cylindrical surface extends a second distance along the axis, and the second distance is at least 30% of the first distance.
Abstract:
A tangential air entry fuel nozzle (10) has a combustor inlet port (20) to permit air and fuel to exit into a combustor (56). The port includes a convergent surface (116), a combustor surface, and a cylindrical surface (118) extending therebetween. The convergent surface extends a first distance along the longitudinal axis (26) of the nozzle, the cylindrical surface extends a second distance along the axis, and the second distance is at least 30% of the first distance.
Abstract:
A fuel injection array (40) for a gas turbine engine (10) includes a plurality of bluff body injectors (44) and a plurality of swirler injectors (42). A control (300) operates the plurality of bluff body injectors (44) and swirler injectors (42) such that the bluff body injectors (44) are utilized without all of the swirler injectors (42) at least at low power operation. The swirler injectors (42) are utilized at higher power operation.