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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Jurgen C. Schumacher, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Frank J. Zupanc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Paul R. Yankowich, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Rodolphe Dudebout, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael T. Barton, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jurgen C. Schumacher, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Frank J. Zupanc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Paul R. Yankowich, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Rodolphe Dudebout, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael T. Barton, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for aerodynamically coupling air flow from a centrifugal compressor to an axial combustor. The system includes a diffuser, a deswirl assembly, combustor inner and outer annular liners, a combustor dome, and a curved annular plate. The diffuser has an inlet that communicates with the centrifugal compressor, an outlet, and a flow path that extends radially outward. The deswirl assembly has an inlet that communicates with the diffuser outlet to receive air flowing in a radially outward direction, an outlet, and a flow path configured to redirect the air in a radially inward and axial direction through the deswirl assembly outlet at an angle toward a longitudinal axis. The curved annular plate is coupled to combustor inner and outer annular liner upstream ends to form a combustor subplenum therebetween and has a first opening and a second opening formed therein, the first opening aligned with the deswirl assembly outlet to receive air discharged therefrom.