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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Suresh Sadasivuni, Lincoln, GB;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/14 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/286 (2013.01); F23R 3/14 (2013.01); F23C 2900/03005 (2013.01); F23C 2900/9901 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine having a central axis about which is arranged in flow sequence a radial swirler, a pre-chamber partly defined by a wall and a combustion chamber. The radial swirler has a base plate having an annular array of vanes and fuel injectors arranged to direct an air/fuel mixture radially inwardly and tangentially to create a vortex that flows through the pre-chamber and into the combustion chamber. The pre-chamber has a portion which is convergent in a downstream direction.