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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bidhan Dam, Zeeland, MI (US);
Logan Oonk, Zeeland, MI (US);
Dan Huber, Zeeland, MI (US);
Vinay Prasad, Zeeland, MI (US);
Sudipa Sarker, Zeeland, MI (US);
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a turbine combustor assembly includes a primary combustion chamber in fluid communication with a primary fuel injector and a primary air inlet, and an igniter carried by the primary combustion chamber and including a first igniter stage having an auxiliary combustion chamber housing comprising a mixing chamber and a tubular throat converging downstream of the mixing chamber, an ignition source projecting into the mixing chamber of the auxiliary combustion chamber, and a second igniter stage that includes an auxiliary fuel outlet manifold proximal to an outlet of the tubular throat.