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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Edward Claude Rice, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert Anthony Ress, Jr., Carmel, IN (US);
Reginald Guy Williams, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Allison Advanced Development Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A fuel spraybar assembly for spraying fuel within a gas turbine engine. The spraybar assembly includes radial and lateral members that distribute fuel within the flowpath. In one embodiment two lateral members are located at the radially inward end of a radial member and generally form a “T” shape. Circumferentially spaced adjacent spraybars subdivide the flowpath into a plurality of circumferential combustion zone segments. In one embodiment the junction of the radial and lateral members provides a flameholding feature that stabilizes the combustion flame. In another embodiment, fuel is introduced non-uniformly within the afterburner resulting in thermal vectoring of the engine thrust.