公开(公告)号：US11598526B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17232638

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Steven Clayton Vise ,  Clayton Stuart Cooper ,  Allen M Danis

IPC: F23R3/14 ,  F23D14/62 ,  F23R3/28

Abstract: A swirler apparatus for a combustor, including: primary and secondary swirlers disposed axially adjacent to each other along a swirler centerline; the primary swirler including a plurality of primary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline; and the secondary swirler including a plurality of secondary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline, each secondary swirl vane including opposed sides bounded between opposed forward and aft edges and opposed leading and trailing edges; wherein the forward edge is oriented at a first vane angle with respect to a radial direction; wherein the aft edge is oriented at a second vane angle with respect to the radial direction; and wherein the second vane angle is different from the first vane angle.