F23D2900/11101

FUEL SPRAY NOZZLE COMPRISING AXIALLY PROJECTING AIR GUIDING ELEMENT FOR A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
20190093897 · 2019-03-28 ·

A combustion chamber assembly group includes a nozzle providing a fuel-air mixture at a nozzle exit opening. An end of a fuel guiding channel is bordered at the nozzle exit opening by a flow-off edge located radially outside, and an air guiding element of an air guiding channel of the nozzle located radially outside projects with respect to this flow-off edge in the axial direction with respect to a nozzle longitudinal axis such that: a reference angle present between the nozzle longitudinal axis and a straight boundary line extending through a point at the flow-off edge and tangentially to the axially projecting air guiding element, and/or a reference angle present between the nozzle longitudinal axis and a straight boundary line extending through a point at the flow-off edge and a point of the air guiding element that projects maximally beyond the flow-off edge in the axial direction is 50.

FUEL NOZZLES

In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes a fuel nozzle, the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes, a nozzle body defining a spray axis from a nozzle inlet to a nozzle outlet and a fuel circuit defined in the nozzle body configured to issue a fuel flow from an outlet orifice into a combustor. The outlet orifice is defined along an injection axis, wherein the injection axis is laterally offset from a radius of the spray axis for imparting a tangential direction onto the fuel flow issuing from the fuel circuit.

Dual fuel nozzle with swirling axial gas injection for a gas turbine engine

A fuel nozzle for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an outer air swirler along an axis, the outer air swirler defines an outer annular air passage. An inner air swirler along the axis defines an annular fuel gas passage around the axis between the outer air swirler and the inner air swirler, the annular fuel gas passage terminates with a multiple of skewed slots.

Atomizing fuel nozzle

A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine engine. The nozzle has a body and a center axis. The body has an inner circumferential surface circumscribing a central passageway which is coaxial with the center axis. The nozzle also has air passages which extend predominantly radially inward through the body. The air passage outlets of each air passage are circumferentially spaced apart from one another along the inner circumferential surface. Each air passage conveys air through the body toward the nozzle center axis and into the central passageway. The nozzle also has fuel passages which extend through the body. Each fuel passage is disposed within the body between adjacent circumferentially spaced apart air passages and is transverse to the direction of extension of its neighboring air passages.

Prefilming air blast (PAB) pilot having annular splitter surrounding a pilot fuel injector

A fuel nozzle is provided for a gas turbine engine, and can include a pilot fuel injector having an axially-elongated, inner pilot centerbody wall and an outer pilot centerbody wall, with the axially-elongated, inner pilot centerbody wall extending from an upstream end to an annular fuel passage defining the downstream end of the pilot fuel injector. The fuel passage intersects with the inner pilot centerbody wall at a pilot fuel metering orifice. The fuel nozzle also includes a pilot fuel film surface downstream from the annular fuel passage and an annular splitter surrounding the pilot fuel injector. The annular splitter comprises, in axial sequence: an upstream section, a splitter throat having a diameter that is larger than a downstream diameter defined by the pilot fuel film surface, and a downstream diverging surface having an average diverging angle of about 24 to about 40 in relation to a centerline axis.

Airblast fuel injector
10161634 · 2018-12-25 · ·

An airblast fuel injector for a gas turbine engine fuel spray nozzle has, in order from radially inner to outer, a coaxial arrangement of an inner air swirler passage, an annular fuel passage, an annular outer air swirler passage, and an annular shroud air swirler passage. The injector further has an annular shroud having an inner surface profile. Relative to the overall axial direction of flow through the injector the shroud inner surface profile has a convergent section followed by a divergent section, the transition of which forming a first inwardly directed annular nose. The injector further has an annular wall having an outer surface profile, and having an inner surface profile. Relative to the overall axial direction of flow through the injector the wall outer surface profile has a convergent section followed by an outwardly turning section which faces across the shroud air passage to the first nose.

Air swirlers

A swirler, such as for swirling air in a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine, includes a swirler body with opposed inlet and outlet ends with a swirler wall extending therebetween along a longitudinal axis. The inlet end of the swirler body defines an inlet opening. A plurality of swirl slots is defined through a portion of the swirler wall that converges toward the longitudinal axis in a direction from the inlet opening toward the outlet end of the swirler body. The swirl slots are radially off-set with respect to the longitudinal axis for imparting swirl on a flow passing from the inlet opening, through the swirl slots, and past the outlet end of the swirler body.

LIQUID FUEL NOZZLES FOR DUAL FUEL COMBUSTORS

A nozzle for a combustor is disclosed. The nozzle may include a main fuel passage (202), a number of radial fuel ports (206) in communication with the main fuel passage, a prefilmer surface (212) in communication with the radial fuel ports, and a main purge air passage (218) in communication with the radial fuel ports and the prefilmer surface.

Airblast injectors
10132500 · 2018-11-20 · ·

An injector includes a fuel distributor with a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, with a first fluid circuit for fluid communication between the first fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet. The fuel distributor includes a second fluid inlet and a second fluid outlet, with a second fluid circuit for fluid communication between the second fluid inlet and outlet. The fuel distributor defines a spray axis. The first and second fluid outlets can be radially adjacent and/or can be substantially aligned axially relative to the spray axis, e.g., for issuing multiple different fuels from substantially the same outlet.

FUEL INJECTOR FOR FUEL SPRAY NOZZLE
20180328586 · 2018-11-15 ·

A fuel injector for a fuel spray nozzle of a gas turbine engine combustor includes an angular lip axially projecting into an upstream section of an annular passage to guide a fuel layer vortex to flow along a radially outer passage wall of the annular passage and to guide an air layer vortex to fill into and pass through an annular space between the fuel layer vortex and a radially-inner passage wall of the annular passage. The air layer vortex is free of mixing with the fuel layer vortex before the fuel layer vortex is discharged from the annular passage for fuel atomization.