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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Steven W. Burd, Cheshire, CT (US);
Kenneth S. Siskind, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Charles B. Graves, South Windsor, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided which includes a plurality of liner segments and a support shell. The support shell includes an interior and an exterior surface, a plurality of mounting holes, and a plurality of impingement coolant holes extending through the support shell. Each liner segment includes a panel and a plurality of mounting studs. The panel includes a face surface and a back surface, and a plurality of normal or inclined coolant holes extending therethrough. The back surface of the panel has a surface profile for improving the heat transfer properties of a liner segment without substantial increase in pressure drop across the combustor.