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Gas turbine combustorA gas turbine engine has a combustor module including an annular combustor having a liner assembly that defines an annular combustion chamber having a length, L. The liner assembly includes a radially inner liner, a radially outer liner that circumscribes the inner liner, and a bulkhead, having a height, H1, which extends between the respective forward ends of the inner liner and the outer liner. The combustor has an exit height, H3, at the respective aft ends of the inner liner and the outer liner interior. The annular combustor has a ratio H1/H3 having a value less than or equal to 1.7. The annular combustor may also have a ration L/H3 having a value less than or equal to 6.0.
Document ID
20110013147
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Burd, Steven W.
Cheung, Albert K.
Dempsey, Dae K.
Hoke, James B.
Kramer, Stephen K.
Ols, John T.
Smith, Reid Dyer Curtis
Sowa, William A.
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
June 7, 2011
Subject Category
Aircraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/294,951
Patent Number: US-Patent-7,954,325
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-01138
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-7,954,325
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/294,951
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