Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With variable oxidizer control
Patent
1979-07-31
1984-05-08
Croyle, Carlton R.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
With variable oxidizer control
60759, F02C 7057
Patent
active
044466927
ABSTRACT:
The airflow from the compressor of a gas turbine engine into the combustion chamber or chambers principally comprises combustion air which enters the upstream end of the combustion chamber and dilution air which enters the combustion chamber at some point downstream of the combustion chamber inlet, the combustion air being made up of primary and secondary air entering the combustion chamber primary and secondary zones.
In order to cope with the control of emissions from the combustion chambers, it is desirable to control the combustion air fuel ratio over the engine operating range by controlling air mass flow to the combustion and dilution zones of the combustion chamber. The invention proposes that this control can be achieved by providing a variable rate diffuser upstream of the primary, secondary and dilution air inlets, the variable rate diffuser comprising vortex generator having an associated variable air bleed. The air bleed functions to control the strength of the generated vortex which in turn controls the rate of diffusion of the air supply to the combustion chamber.
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Croyle Carlton R.
Rolls-Royce Limited
Simenauer Jeffrey A.
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