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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2005
Applicants:

Alistaire S Holt, Derby, GB;

Michael a Macquisten, Derby, GB;

Michael Whiteman, Loughborough, GB;

Anthony J Moran, Nuneaton, GB;

Inventors:

Alistaire S Holt, Derby, GB;

Michael A MacQuisten, Derby, GB;

Michael Whiteman, Loughborough, GB;

Anthony J Moran, Nuneaton, GB;

Assignee:

Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/06 (2006.01); F23M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A combustor wall of a gas turbine engine is provided with an acoustic damper component. The component has a first metering passage, a first damping chamber, a first damping passage, a second damping chamber and a second damping passage. Air flows through the damper to be ejected into the combustion chamber from the second damping passage at a selected velocity and volumetric flow. The flow being sufficient to damp instabilities from the combustion process.


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