公开(公告)号：US20220333780A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17232653

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Allen M. Danis ,  Nicholas R. Overman ,  Steven Clayton Vise ,  Michael Anthony Benjamin ,  James Matthew Rogers

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, each primary 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; wherein the second vane angle is different from the first vane angle; and the secondary swirler including a plurality of secondary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline.

公开(公告)号：US11802693B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17232653

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Allen M. Danis ,  Nicholas R. Overman ,  Steven Clayton Vise ,  Michael Anthony Benjamin ,  James Matthew Rogers

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

CPC classification number: F23R3/14 ,  F23D14/62 ,  F23R3/286 ,  F23D2206/10 ,  F23D2900/14021 ,  F23D2900/14701

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, each primary 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; wherein the second vane angle is different from the first vane angle; and the secondary swirler including a plurality of secondary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline.