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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gregory Allen Boardman, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Pradeep Naik, Bangalore, IN;
Allen Michael Danis, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rich-quench-lean combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel nozzle and a dome, the fuel nozzle attached to the dome. The combustor assembly additionally includes a liner attached to or formed integrally with the dome, the liner and the dome together defining at least in part a combustion chamber. The liner extends between a forward end and an aft end. The liner includes a plurality of quench air jets positioned between the forward end and aft end. The quench air jets include a plurality of primary stage air jets and a plurality of secondary stage air jets. The plurality of primary stage air jets are each spaced from the plurality of secondary stage air jets along the axial direction and together provide the combustion chamber with a quench airflow.