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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1995
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary L Leonard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
George A Coffinberry, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A combustor, for a gas turbine engine, employing regenerative combustor cooling. The combustion gas flow direction extends generally longitudinally aft of the combustor fuel nozzle. A coolant flowpath between the combustor casing and the combustor liner has: 1) a longitudinally aft inlet in fluid communication with a source of compressor-derived cooling air, of lower temperature and higher pressure than diffused air from the combustor diffuser; and 2) a longitudinally forward outlet in fluid communication with the combustor fuel nozzle for 'spent' cooling air to be used for combustion.