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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack R Shekleton, San Diego, CA (US);
Colin Rodgers, San Diego, CA (US);
John P Archibald, LaJolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3936 ; 60746 ; 60755 ; 60756 ; 60760 ;
Abstract
The combustion dynamics and efficiency of a gas turbine having an annular combustor 26 provided with fuel injection nozzles 50 that inject fuel generally tangentially is improved by providing the walls 32, 34, 39 of the combustor 26 with cooling air film injectors 70, 86; 72, 88; 74, 90 at substantially equally angularly spaced locations about each such wall and which are oriented to generally tangentially inject a film-like air stream on the associated wall 32, 34, 39.