Ceramic combustor mounting
- Speedway, IN
- Danville, IN
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a metal engine block including a wall portion defining a housing for a combustor having ceramic liner components. A ceramic outlet duct is supported by a compliant seal on the metal block and a reaction chamber liner is stacked thereon and partly closed at one end by a ceramic bypass swirl plate which is spring loaded by a plurality of circumferentially spaced, spring loaded guide rods and wherein each of the guide rods has one end thereof directed exteriorly of a metal cover plate on the engine block to react against externally located biasing springs cooled by ambient air and wherein the rod spring support arrangement maintains the stacked ceramic components together so that a normal force is maintained on the seal between the outlet duct and the engine block under all operating conditions. The support arrangement also is operative to accommodate a substantial difference in thermal expansion between the ceramic liner components of the combustor and the metal material of the engine block.
- Assignee:
- General Motors Corporation (Detroit, MI)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4363208
- OSTI ID:
- 864434
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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combustor
mounting
gas
turbine
engine
metal
block
including
wall
portion
defining
housing
liner
components
outlet
duct
supported
compliant
seal
reaction
chamber
stacked
thereon
partly
closed
bypass
swirl
plate
spring
loaded
plurality
circumferentially
spaced
guide
rods
directed
exteriorly
cover
react
externally
located
biasing
springs
cooled
ambient
air
rod
support
arrangement
maintains
normal
force
maintained
operating
conditions
operative
accommodate
substantial
difference
thermal
expansion
material
portion defining
metal material
wall portion
engine block
circumferentially spaced
ceramic components
ceramic component
operating conditions
ambient air
turbine engine
reaction chamber
thermal expansion
gas turbine
cover plate
support arrangement
operating condition
spring loaded
ceramic combustor
compliant seal
metal block
metal engine
guide rods
ceramic liner
normal force
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