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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Gilbert Farmer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James Anthony Groeschen, Burlington, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, including an inner liner, an outer liner spaced radially from the inner liner, an annular dome connected to the inner and outer liners, a plurality of air/fuel mixers connected to the dome and circumferentially spaced within the dome, an outer cowl connected to the outer liner, and an inner cowl connected to the inner liner, wherein a combustion chamber is formed by the inner liner, the outer liner and the dome. The dome further includes a first end connected to a liner of the combustor, a second end spaced radially from the first end, a first portion extending rearwardly from the first end adjacent the liner, a second portion extending rearwardly from the second end and flaring radially outward from the longitudinal axis, and a nonlinear third portion connecting the first and second dome portions.