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公开(公告)号:US20190113235A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-18
申请号:US15785726
申请日:2017-10-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Arthur Wesley Johnson , Joseph Zelina , Eric John Stevens , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Beverly Stephenson Duncan , Juntao Zhang
CPC classification number: F23R3/58 , F01D25/00 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2240/36 , F23R3/04 , F23R3/12 , F23R3/14 , F23R3/18 , F23R3/50 , F23R2900/00015
Abstract: A trapped vortex combustor for use in a gas turbine engine defines a radial direction, an axial direction, and a circumferential direction. The trapped vortex combustor includes an outer vortex chamber wall defining a forward end, and a dome attached to, or formed integrally with, the outer vortex chamber wall at the forward end of the outer vortex chamber wall. The dome and outer vortex chamber wall define at least in part a combustion chamber having an outer trapped vortex chamber. The dome includes an air chute defining an airflow direction. The radial direction and axial direction of the trapped vortex combustor define a reference plane extending through the air chute, the airflow direction of the air chute defining an angle greater than zero with the reference plane.
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公开(公告)号:US20190101062A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-04
申请号:US15723303
申请日:2017-10-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven Clayton Vise , Duane Douglas Thomsen , Richard Wade Stickles , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Donald Lee Gardner , George ChiaChun Hsiao , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Shai Birmaher
Abstract: A system and method for operating a combustion system comprising a fuel nozzle defining at least one main fuel circuit and at least one pilot fuel circuit is generally provided. The method includes determining an overall flow of fuel, the overall flow of fuel defining a sum total fuel through the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit; determining a plurality of ranges of ratios of main fuel flow through the main fuel circuit versus pilot fuel flow through the pilot circuit from the overall flow of fuel, wherein each range of ratios is based on a combustion criterion different from one another; determining a resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow based on a hierarchy of combustion criteria, wherein the hierarchy of combustion criteria provides a priority ranking of the combustion criterion; and flowing the overall flow of fuel to the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit based on the resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow.
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公开(公告)号:US20180356096A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15618637
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Joseph Zelina , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Steven Clayton Vise
Abstract: A method and system of effervescent atomization of liquid fuel for a rotating detonation combustor (RDC) for a propulsion system is provided. The method includes flowing liquid fuel through a fuel injection port of a nozzle assembly of the RDC system; flowing a gas through the fuel injection port of the nozzle assembly volumetrically proportional to the liquid fuel; producing a gas-liquid fuel mixture at the fuel injection port by mixing the flow of gas and the flow of liquid fuel; flowing an oxidizer through a nozzle flowpath of the RDC system; producing an oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture by mixing the gas-liquid fuel mixture and the flow of oxidizer within the nozzle flowpath; and igniting the oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture within a combustion chamber of the RDC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20180274780A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15468172
申请日:2017-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Kwanwoo Kim , Owen Graham , Clayton Stuart Cooper
IPC: F23M20/00
CPC classification number: F23R3/10 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2260/964 , F23R3/002 , F23R2900/00014
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine. The combustor assembly includes an annular bulkhead adjacent to a diffuser cavity; a deflector downstream of the bulkhead and adjacent to a combustion chamber; a bulkhead support coupled to an upstream side of the deflector; a first walled enclosure coupled to the bulkhead support; and a second walled enclosure coupled to the first walled enclosure. The deflector and the bulkhead support together define a bulkhead conduit therethrough to the combustion chamber. The first walled enclosure defines a first cavity and a hot side orifice. The hot side orifice is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the bulkhead conduit. The second walled enclosure defines a second cavity and a second opening adjacent to a diffuser cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US20240183536A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US18409690
申请日:2024-01-10
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Michael T. Bucaro , Ajoy Patra , Pradeep Naik , Perumallu Vukanti , R Narasimha Chiranthan , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Steven C. Vise , Manampathy G. Giridharan , Krushnakumar Venkatesan, V
Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle can include both a primary and secondary fuel passage, and an additional air passage to provide for greater flame control, fuel provision, or local fuel and air mixing prior to combustion.
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公开(公告)号:US11970994B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US18049018
申请日:2022-10-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
CPC classification number: F02K7/10 , F02K7/02 , F02K7/08 , F02K7/20 , F23R3/18 , F23R3/34 , F23R7/00 , F05D2220/10
Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine including a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines a gas flowpath of the engine. An inner wall assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall into the gas flowpath. The inner wall assembly defines a detonation combustion region in the gas flowpath upstream of the inner wall assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230213193A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18049028
申请日:2022-10-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
CPC classification number: F23R3/18 , F23R3/34 , F02K7/10 , F02K7/20 , F02K7/08 , F23R7/00 , F05D2220/10
Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine including a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines a gas flowpath of the engine. An inner wall assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall into the gas flowpath. The inner wall assembly defines a detonation combustion region in the gas flowpath upstream of the inner wall assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11674476B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US15618289
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven Clayton Vise , Joseph Zelina , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Sibtosh Pal
CPC classification number: F02K7/06 , F02C5/11 , F02C5/12 , F02K7/08 , F23R7/00 , F02K7/10 , F05D2220/80
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotating detonation combustion system for a propulsion system including a plurality of combustors in adjacent arrangement along the circumferential direction. Each combustor defines a combustor centerline extended through each combustor, and each combustor comprises an outer wall defining a combustion chamber and a combustion inlet. Each combustion chamber is defined by an annular gap and a combustion chamber length together defining a volume of each combustion chamber. Each combustor defines a plurality of nozzle assemblies each disposed at the combustion inlet in adjacent arrangement around each combustor centerline. Each nozzle assembly defines a nozzle wall extended along a lengthwise direction, a nozzle inlet, a nozzle outlet, and a throat therebetween, and each nozzle assembly defines a converging-diverging nozzle. A first array of combustors defines a first volume and a second array of combustors defines a second volume different from the first volume.
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公开(公告)号:US20230020803A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17935646
申请日:2022-09-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine and method for operation. The engine includes an inner wall assembly and an upstream wall assembly each extended from a longitudinal wall into a gas flowpath. An actuator adjusts a depth of the detonation combustion region into the gas flowpath between the inner wall assembly and the upstream wall assembly. The engine flows an oxidizer through the gas flowpath and the inner wall captures a portion of the oxidizer. The engine further adjusts the captured flow of oxidizer via the upstream wall and flows a first flow of fuel to the captured flow of oxidizer to produce rotating detonation gases. The engine flows the detonation gases downstream and to mix with the flow of oxidizer, and flows and burns a second flow of fuel to the detonation gases/oxidizer mixture to produce thrust.
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公开(公告)号:US11486579B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US15904868
申请日:2018-02-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine including a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines a gas flowpath of the engine. An inner wall assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall into the gas flowpath. The inner wall assembly defines a detonation combustion region in the gas flowpath upstream of the inner wall assembly.
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