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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Applicants:
James B. Hoke, Tolland, CT (US);
Albert K. Cheung, East Hampton, CT (US);
William A. Sowa, Simsbury, CT (US);
Inventors:
James B. Hoke, Tolland, CT (US);
Albert K. Cheung, East Hampton, CT (US);
William A. Sowa, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/04 (2006.01); F23R 3/002 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An annular combustor for a gas turbine has a combustion chamber having an interior volume that, in longitudinal section, includes a forward volume, an intermediate volume and an aft volume. The forward volume represents from about 30% to about 40% of the combustor interior volume, the intermediate volume represents from about 10% to about 20% of the combustor interior volume, and the aft volume represents from about 40% to about 60% of the combustor interior volume.