摘要:
The present invention relates to a combustion chamber having a counter-flow arrangement in which a first chamber portion mixes the fuel with the primary oxidizer, which mixture is ignited and burned in the first chamber portion. The exhaust gases from the first chamber portion pass into a second chamber portion in which dilution oxidizer air is added to the burned gases. The orientations of the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion are such that the gases pass through the chamber portions in substantially opposite directions, in a counter-flow arrangement. The first chamber portion in which the combustion takes place, provides only primary oxidizer to the fuel mixture, there being no further communication between the interior of the first chamber portion and the oxidizer air supply. This prevents the leaning of the fuel/air mixture in order to reduce the emissions of nitrogen oxide. The mixing of secondary oxidizer air with the exhaust gases takes place solely in the second chamber portion.
摘要:
A separator-diffuser for a gas turbine engine is disclosed wherein the diffuser includes axial walls which function as a guide vane stage for the oxidizer compressor. By incorporating the last, or downstream, guide vane stage into the diffuser structure, the overall axial length and bulk of the gas turbine engine may be significantly reduced. The separator-diffuser has a wall defining a generally annular oxidizer flow passage extending around the central axis of the gas turbine engine, the passage having an oxidizer inlet located downstream of the last rotor stage of the oxidizer compressor so as to enable the oxidizer to pass from the oxidizer compressor into the oxidizer flow passage. A generally annular separator member is located in the oxidizer flow passage downstream of the oxidizer inlet so as to divide the oxidizer flow passage into at least two separate oxidizer flow paths, each flow path having a separate oxidizer outlet. The oxidizer outlets are positioned so as to direct the oxidizer towards one of the annular array of fuel injection heads. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, axially extending primary arms connect the separator member to the diffuser walls so as to support the separator within the oxidizer passageway and to serve as a guide vane stage for the oxidizer emanating from the oxidizer compressor.
摘要:
A fuel injector is disclosed for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber a gas turbine engine which includes an injector nozzle having a central axis, first and second fuel injection paths in which one of the fuel injection paths supplies fuel to the injector nozzle while the other fuel injection path has an outlet displaced from the axis of the injection nozzle, a single fuel supply conduit which supplies fuel to both of the fuel injection paths, and a metering device which controls the flow of fuel from the single fuel supply conduit to the first and second fuel injection paths. The metering device may be a fuel metering valve assembly which has a piston defining a fuel metering orifice biased against a valve seat around an opening which communicates with the single fuel supply conduit. The piston is biased into engagement with the valve seat by a resilient bellows attached between the piston and a fixed structure.