Prefilming air blast (PAB) pilot having annular splitter surrounding a pilot fuel injector

MA Benjamin, AA Mancini… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A fuel nozzle is provided for a gas turbine engine, and can include a pilot
fuel injector having an axially-elongated, inner pilot centerbody wall and an outer pilot …

Combustor assembly for a turbine engine

GA Boardman, P Naik, AM Danis - US Patent 11,022,313, 2021 - Google Patents
A rich-quench-lean combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a liner extending
between a forward end and an aft end. The liner includes a plurality of quench air jets …

Combustor assembly for a turbine engine

GA Boardman, P Naik, AM Danis - US Patent 10,337,738, 2019 - Google Patents
A rich-quench-lean combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel nozzle and
a dome, the fuel nozzle attached to the dome. The combustor assembly additionally includes …

Involute trapped vortex combustor assembly

GA Boardman, P Naik - US Patent 11,181,269, 2021 - Google Patents
A gas turbine engine including a trapped vortex combustor assembly is generally provided.
The combustor assembly includes an inner liner wall extended annularly around a …

Integrated additive fuel injectors for attritable engines

L Binek, MB Kennedy, JR Boyer - US Patent 11,933,223, 2024 - Google Patents
An attritable engine includes an engine case, which includes an outer wall and a fuel rail
integral with the outer wall. The fuel rail includes a fuel line integral with the outer wall, a fuel …

Combustor with brief quench zone with slots

WF Carnell, GA Boardman - US Patent 9,121,613, 2015 - Google Patents
The present application and the resultant patent thus pro vide a combustor for combusting a
number of flows of air and a number of flows of fuel. The combustor may include a central …

Low-Emissions Technology Development for Auxiliary Power Unit Combustion Systems

T Bronson, R Dudebout… - … Expo: Power for …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract The aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is required to provide power to start the
main engines, conditioned air and power when there are no facilities available and, most …

Ceramic composite combustor dome and liners

RC Jones, S Birmaher, NJ Bloom, DJ Kirtley… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a dome made of a ceramic matrix
composite (CMC) material, the dome being secured within a support structure. The …

Trapped vortex reverse flow combustor for a gas turbine

NR Overman - US Patent 11,920,791, 2024 - Google Patents
A trapped vortex reverse flow combustor for a gas turbine includes a first dome structure
having a plurality of first-dome vortex driver airflow openings for providing a first vortex …

Combustor for gas turbine engine and method of manufacture

R Dudebout, H Ozogul, A Verma, A Kujala… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes an outer liner having a first end
interconnected to an opposite second end by an outer liner wall composed of a plurality of …