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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Timothy S. Snyder, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Steven W. Burd, Cheshire, CT (US);
Randal G. McKinney, Tolland, CT (US);
George F. Titterton, III, Hebron, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/20 (2006.01); F02K 3/10 (2006.01); F02C 7/236 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F01D 25/30 (2006.01); F02K 1/82 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/20 (2013.01); F01D 25/305 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F02C 7/2365 (2013.01); F02K 1/822 (2013.01); F02K 3/10 (2013.01); F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F05D 2240/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01); F23D 2207/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gas turbine engine systems and methods involving enhanced fuel dispersion are provided. In this regard, a representative method for operating a gas turbine engine includes: providing a gas path through the engine; introducing a spray of fuel along the gas path downstream of a turbine of the engine; and impinging the spray of fuel with a relatively higher velocity flow of air such that atomization of the fuel is increased.