Gas turbine engine with improved water ingestion prevention

Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With safety device

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60751, 4151692, 55306, F02G 300

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053396227

ABSTRACT:
A gas turbine engine is disclosed having an air compressor and a generally annular combustion chamber, with a generally annular diffuser located between the compressor and the combustion chamber so as to direct air exiting from the compressor toward the combustion chamber. The diffuser has inner and outer walls and defines an exit which is located adjacent to an opening in an upstream wall portion of the combustion forming a dome cowl. The dome cowl divides the air emanating from the diffuser exit into a primary air stream passing through the opening and one or more secondary air streams which pass between the walls defining the combustion chamber and the walls of a casing enclosing the combustion chamber assembly. A guide is associated with the diffuser for directing water in the air passing through the diffuser away from the opening such that it will not pass directly into the combustion chamber. Guide vanes may be located on an external surface of the dome cowl so as to direct the water in the secondary air-flow such that it does not enter openings defined by the outer combustion chamber wall, thereby preventing the water from entering the combustion chamber.

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