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Title: Fuel flexible fuel injector

Abstract

A disclosed fuel injector provides mixing of fuel with airflow by surrounding a swirled fuel flow with first and second swirled airflows that ensures mixing prior to or upon entering the combustion chamber. Fuel tubes produce a central fuel flow along with a central airflow through a plurality of openings to generate the high velocity fuel/air mixture along the axis of the fuel injector in addition to the swirled fuel/air mixture.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1169125
Patent Number(s):
8943833
Application Number:
13/542,985
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Tuthill, Richard S, Davis, Dustin W, and Dai, Zhongtao. Fuel flexible fuel injector. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Tuthill, Richard S, Davis, Dustin W, & Dai, Zhongtao. Fuel flexible fuel injector. United States.
Tuthill, Richard S, Davis, Dustin W, and Dai, Zhongtao. Tue . "Fuel flexible fuel injector". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1169125.
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