Main mixer in an axial staged combustor for a gas turbine engine
Abstract
A main mixer including a swirler along an axis, the swirler including an outer swirler with a multiple of outer vanes, and a center swirler with a multiple of center vanes and a swirler hub along the axis, the swirler hub including a fuel manifold and an inner swirler with a multiple of inner vanes that support a centerbody, the multiple of inner vanes interconnect the fuel manifold and the centerbody.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2293859
- Patent Number(s):
- 11815268
- Application Number:
- 17/370,154
- Assignee:
- RTX Corporation (Farmington, CT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- NNC14CA30C
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 07/08/2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Dai, Zhongtao, Smith, Lance L., and Cohen, Jeffrey M. Main mixer in an axial staged combustor for a gas turbine engine. United States: N. p., 2023.
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abstractNote = {A main mixer including a swirler along an axis, the swirler including an outer swirler with a multiple of outer vanes, and a center swirler with a multiple of center vanes and a swirler hub along the axis, the swirler hub including a fuel manifold and an inner swirler with a multiple of inner vanes that support a centerbody, the multiple of inner vanes interconnect the fuel manifold and the centerbody.},
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