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Combustor arrangement including flow control vanes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1453794
A combustor assembly (17) including guide vanes (44) located between an inner cylinder (24) and a flow sleeve (25). Each guide vane (44) includes a circumferentially angled flow directing portion (60) adjacent to a leading edge (46). The leading edge (46) of at least one guide vane (44) can be located radially inward along the longitudinal axis (54) relative to the leading edge (46) of at least one other of the guide vanes (44). The length of the guide vanes (44) may vary, and the circumferential spacing between a first pair of the guide vanes (44) can be different from a spacing between a second pair of the guide vanes (44).
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):
9,982,893
Application Number:
15/506,055
OSTI ID:
1453794
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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