Swirling midframe flow for gas turbine engine having advanced transitions
A gas turbine engine can-annular combustion arrangement (10), including: an axial compressor (82) operable to rotate in a rotation direction (60); a diffuser (100, 110) configured to receive compressed air (16) from the axial compressor; a plenum (22) configured to receive the compressed air from the diffuser; a plurality of combustor cans (12) each having a combustor inlet (38) in fluid communication with the plenum, wherein each combustor can is tangentially oriented so that a respective combustor inlet is circumferentially offset from a respective combustor outlet in a direction opposite the rotation direction; and an airflow guiding arrangement (80) configured to impart circumferential motion to the compressed air in the plenum in the direction opposite the rotation direction.
- Research Organization:
- SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. Orlando, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC26-05NT42644
- Assignee:
- SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, FL)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,528,706
- Application Number:
- 14/105,313
- OSTI ID:
- 1337663
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Dec 13
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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