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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A combustor arrangement ( ) for a gas turbine engine ( ) comprising a combustion chamber, fuel nozzles( ), and a bled diffuser ( ) located upstream of said combustion chamber to, in use, direct an airflow from an upstream compressor ( ) into the combustor ( ). The fuel nozzles ( ) arranged in use to supply fuel into the combustion chamber where it is mixed and combusted with the airflow from the compressor ( ). The bled diffuser ( ) adapted to bleed off a portion of said airflow from a main airflow into the combustion chamber. At least one bleed duct ( ) is connected to the bled diffuser ( ) to return and direct the air bled from the diffuser ( ) to a main gas flow through the engine ( ) at a location downstream of the fuel supply means ( ). The bled air from the diffuser ( ) preferably providing cooling of a part of the gas turbine engine ( ), for example part of the turbine ( ) or combustor outlet vane ( ), downstream of the combustor ( ).