Gas turbine engine

Details Gas turbine engine Gas turbine engine

1995-08-25

1998-03-17

Freay, Charles G.

Power plants

Combustion products used as motive fluid

Combined with regulation of power output feature

60732, 60738, 60739, 60756, 60758, 60759, F02C 306, F02C 708

Patent

active

057273782

ABSTRACT:
This invention pertains to small air breathing gas turbine engines (1). Engines of the invention employ improved combustion systems, including improved fuel injection systems and improved combustor design. These improvements enable the engine to idle at speeds as low as one-tenth the maximum operating speed of the engine, which gives the engine an increased range of operating speeds. The improved designs generally provide for pre-mix assemblies intimate with the fuel injectors, a typically flame-free primary "A" mixing zone in the combustion chamber, and a primary "B" combustion zone, in addition to the secondary combustion zone and the dilution zone. In preferred embodiments, the bearing assembly is located between the compressor and the turbine wheel. A cooling cavity is provided between the turbine wheel and the bearing assembly, thus protecting the bearings from the turbine heat. A toroidally-shaped compressor discharge plenum between the compressor and the turbine wheel serves as an air accumulator, an air shock absorber, and an air stabilizer. Resiliently deflectable leaf spacers position the dome of the combustor from the rear casing wall.

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