A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.

A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustion chamber, a fuel supply fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, and a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly can include an air flow passage and a fuel flow passage.

A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustion chamber, a fuel supply fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, and a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly can include an air flow passage and a fuel flow passage.

A combustor nozzle, a combustor, and a gas turbine including the same are proposed. The combustor nozzle includes a nozzle module. The nozzle module includes a fuel supply pipe supplying fuel from the front side to the rear side, a fuel plenum having an internal fuel flow path through which the fuel flows and communicating with the fuel supply pipe, an air inlet formed in front of the fuel plenum, a plurality of tubes disposed through a rear side of the fuel plenum, wherein a front end of each tube communicates with the air inlet, and a fuel port communicating with the fuel flow path is formed on a lateral side of each tube, and a swirler provided with a plurality of swirling guides disposed obliquely in axial and circumferential directions on an inner circumferential surface of each of the plurality of tubes to swirl fluid, with a central portion thereof opened when viewed from the axial direction of the tube.

A combustor nozzle, a combustor, and a gas turbine including the same are provided. The combustor nozzle includes a nozzle module. The nozzle module includes a central tube having an air flow path, through which air flows from a front-to-rear direction, and an opening hole at a rear end thereof, a shroud into which at least a part of the central tube is inserted, and having an air inlet at a front end thereof, wherein a mixing flow path is formed between the shroud and the central tube so that the air and injected fuel flow therethrough, and a plurality of cooling channels, each of the plurality of cooling channels extending rearward from an inlet communicating with the air flow path to an outlet communicating with the mixing flow path while passing through a sidewall portion of the central tube.

A combustor nozzle, a combustor, and a gas turbine including the same are provided. The combustor nozzle includes a nozzle module. The nozzle module includes a central tube having an air flow path, through which air flows from a front-to-rear direction, and an opening hole at a rear end thereof, a shroud into which at least a part of the central tube is inserted, and having an air inlet at a front end thereof, wherein a mixing flow path is formed between the shroud and the central tube so that the air and injected fuel flow therethrough, and a plurality of cooling channels, each of the plurality of cooling channels extending rearward from an inlet communicating with the air flow path to an outlet communicating with the mixing flow path while passing through a sidewall portion of the central tube.

Fuel nozzle assemblies are provided. For example, a fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor system comprises a fuel nozzle having a pilot swirler and an outlet defined in an outlet end, as well as a main mixer attached to the outlet end and extending about the outlet. A total combustor airflow through the combustor system comprises a pilot swirler airflow that is greater than about 14% and a main mixer airflow that is less than about 50% of the total combustor airflow. In further embodiments, the fuel nozzle also comprises main and pilot fuel injectors that each are configured to receive a portion of a fuel flow to the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle provides less than about 80% of the fuel flow to the main fuel injector at a high power operating condition of a gas turbine engine in which the fuel nozzle assembly is installed.

Fuel nozzle assemblies are provided. For example, a fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor system comprises a fuel nozzle having a pilot swirler and an outlet defined in an outlet end, as well as a main mixer attached to the outlet end and extending about the outlet. A total combustor airflow through the combustor system comprises a pilot swirler airflow that is greater than about 14% and a main mixer airflow that is less than about 50% of the total combustor airflow. In further embodiments, the fuel nozzle also comprises main and pilot fuel injectors that each are configured to receive a portion of a fuel flow to the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle provides less than about 80% of the fuel flow to the main fuel injector at a high power operating condition of a gas turbine engine in which the fuel nozzle assembly is installed.

A swirler assembly for use in a combustor includes a first air swirler having a first swirler vane assembly, a second air swirler adjacent the first air swirler and having a second swirler vane assembly, and a ferrule coupled to the first air swirler and the second air swirler. The ferrule includes a ferrule swirler having a plurality of vanes. The first swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a first radial rotating airflow, and the second swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a second radial rotating airflow. The plurality of vanes of the ferrule swirler are configured to generate a ferrule axial airflow to interact with and mix to with the first radial rotating airflow and the second radial rotating airflow.

A swirler assembly for use in a combustor includes a first air swirler having a first swirler vane assembly, a second air swirler adjacent the first air swirler and having a second swirler vane assembly, and a ferrule coupled to the first air swirler and the second air swirler. The ferrule includes a ferrule swirler having a plurality of vanes. The first swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a first radial rotating airflow, and the second swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a second radial rotating airflow. The plurality of vanes of the ferrule swirler are configured to generate a ferrule axial airflow to interact with and mix to with the first radial rotating airflow and the second radial rotating airflow.