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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1985
John W Vinson, Salem, MA (US);
Pamela C Kwong, Burlington, MA (US);
Paul E Sabla, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Lynn, MA (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine carburetor including an annular swirler and a new and improved fuel injector cooperating therewith is disclosed which is effective for providing low BTU gaseous fuel to a combustor. The swirler includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced swirler vanes effective for channeling air along an annular inner surface of the swirler. The fuel injector includes a hollow injector tip having an aft portion including a plurality of circumferentially spaced outlet apertures disposed in an outer surface thereof. The outer surface is aligned obliquely to a longitudinal centerline axis of the injector tip and the swirler.