Abstract:
A combustor dome assembly for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough, including: an annular dome plate (20) having an inner portion (30), an outer portion (32), a forward surface (34), and a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings (36) formed therein, wherein a radial section (37) defined between each of the openings (36) includes a cooling trough (35) formed therein; an outer cowl (38) connected to the dome plate outer portion (32) at a downstream end (39) thereof; an inner cowl (44) connected to the dome plate inner portion (30) at a downstream end (45) thereof; and, a deflector plate (28) connected to and positioned aft of each opening (36) in the dome plate (20).
Abstract:
A backing support or bumper (50) mounted downstream of the disk shaped flange (40) of the venturi in adjacently lying fuel cup assemblies in a gas turbine combustor and extends to a mid portion of each flange to prevent rotation of the flange and possible disengagement of the fuel nozzle in the event of a bird strike or impact by a foreign object on the dome of the combustor or on the flange itself.The invention provides for a single or double supporting bumper faces or a pair of supporting surfaces on the bumper.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine (10) fuel nozzle (100) includes an axis of symmetry (143) extending therethrough, the nozzle body (110) including a first passage (142) extending coaxially therethrough, a second passage (152), and a third passage (162), the second passage circumscribing the first passage, the third passage formed radially outward of the second passage, and a nozzle tip (112) coupled to the nozzle body, the nozzle tip including at least one primary discharge opening (170) in flow communication with the first passage, at least one secondary discharge opening (172) in flow communication with the second passage, and at least one tertiary discharge opening in flow communication with the third passage.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine (10) fuel nozzle (100) includes an axis of symmetry (143) extending therethrough, the nozzle body (110) including a first passage (142) extending coaxially therethrough, a second passage (152), and a third passage (162), the second passage circumscribing the first passage, the third passage formed radially outward of the second passage, and a nozzle tip (112) coupled to the nozzle body, the nozzle tip including at least one primary discharge opening (170) in flow communication with the first passage, at least one secondary discharge opening (172) in flow communication with the second passage, and at least one tertiary discharge opening in flow communication with the third passage.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine fuel injector conduit includes a single feed strip (62) having a single bonded together pair of lengthwise extending plates (76, 78). Each of the plates has a single row (80) of widthwise spaced apart and lengthwise extending parallel grooves (84). Opposing grooves (84) in each of the plates are aligned forming internal fuel flow passages (90) through the strip from an inlet end (66) to an outlet end (69). The feed strip (62) includes a substantially straight middle portion (64) between the inlet end (66) and the outlet end (69). In one alternative, the middle portion (64) has a radius of curvature (R) greater than a length (L) of the middle portion (64). The feed strip (62) has at least one acute bend (65) between the inlet end (66) and the middle portion (64) and a bend (68) between the outlet end (69) and the middle portion (64). The feed strip (62) has fuel inlet holes in the inlet end (66) connected to the internal fuel flow passages (90).
Abstract:
A double annular combustor having concentrically disposed inner and outer annular combustors including an inner dome having an inner portion and an outer portion (28), an outer dome having an inner portion and an outer portion (25), wherein the outer dome inner portion (25) is connected to the inner dome outer portion (28), and a substantially annular centerbody (50) disposed between the inner dome and the outer dome. The centerbody includes a plurality of structurally independent arcuate segments (51), wherein each centerbody segment is retained in position via an interference fit between a first flange (59) of such centerbody extending downstream and a hook (58) in the inner dome outer portion and/or via a clamping fit of a second flange of the centerbody extending upstream to a flange of the inner dome outer portion.