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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
James Anthony Stumpf, Milford, OH (US);
Beverly Stephenson Duncan, West Chester, OH (US);
David Louis Burrus, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clayton Stuart Cooper, Loveland, OH (US);
James Anthony Stumpf, Milford, OH (US);
Beverly Stephenson Duncan, West Chester, OH (US);
David Louis Burrus, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clayton Stuart Cooper, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A liner for a gas turbine engine combustor having a trapped vortex cavity formed therein, wherein a dome plate is positioned at an upstream end of the combustor, includes: a first portion positioned adjacent and connected to the dome plate, wherein the first liner portion extends downstream from and substantially perpendicular to the dome plate; a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first liner portion and substantially parallel to the dome plate; a first arcuate portion having a predetermined radius located between the first and second liner portions; a third portion extending downstream and substantially perpendicular to the second liner portion; and, a second arcuate portion located between the second and third liner portions; wherein the first liner portion, the second liner portion, the first arcuate liner portion and a portion of the dome plate form the trapped vortex cavity.