A fuel injection nozzle for a gas turbine engine has a central fuel ejection nozzle and a plurality of airflow passages within the spray tip that include a first and second group of circumferentially spaced apart fuel-spray forming airflow passages disposed on opposite sides of a transverse axis and
A fuel injection nozzle for a gas turbine engine has a central fuel ejection nozzle and a plurality of airflow passages within the spray tip that include a first and second group of circumferentially spaced apart fuel-spray forming airflow passages disposed on opposite sides of a transverse axis and oriented towards each other such as to produce opposed fuel spray shaping air jets which generate a shaped final fuel spray.
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1. A fuel nozzle for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle comprising: a nozzle body defining at least one fuel flow passage therethrough;a spray tip mounted to the nozzle body, the spray tip having a central fuel ejection nozzle in flow communication with the at least one fuel
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A fuel nozzle for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle comprising: a nozzle body defining at least one fuel flow passage therethrough;a spray tip mounted to the nozzle body, the spray tip having a central fuel ejection nozzle in flow communication with the at least one fuel flow passage and defining a fuel spray axis, the central fuel ejection nozzle ejecting fuel out of the spray tip in an initially conical fuel spray about the fuel spray axis;at least a first series of airflow passages disposed in said spray tip radially outwardly from the central fuel ejection nozzle, said first series of airflow passages being circumferentially discontinuous and including opposed groups of airflow passages, said opposed groups of airflow passages being circumferentially spaced apart by regions substantially free of airflow passages and located on opposite sides of a transverse axis extending through said central fuel ejection nozzle perpendicularly to said fuel spray axis; andwherein said opposed groups of said first series of airflow passages are oriented towards said transverse axis such as to produce opposed fuel spray shaping air jets which intersect the initially conical fuel spray to generate a narrower final fuel spray directed at least partially toward the fuel spray axis. 2. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein the fuel spray shaping air jets form a final fuel spray having a substantially elliptical transverse cross-sectional shape, having a major axis parallel to said transverse axis and a minor axis perpendicular thereto. 3. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein said opposed groups of airflow passages are symmetric with respect to said transverse axis. 4. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein the spray tip includes a second series of airflow passages disposed in said spray tip circumferentially about the central fuel ejection nozzle and located radially inwards of the first series of airflow passages. 5. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 4, wherein said second series of airflow passages include passage exit openings in said spray tip that are evenly circumferentially spaced apart about the central fuel ejection nozzle, the second series of airflow passages directing a substantially symmetric annular airflow to the initially conical fuel spray. 6. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 5, wherein each passage of said second series of airflow passages defines a substantially circular cross-sectional area. 7. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 5, wherein passages of said second series of airflow passages are inclined such as to produce a swirling airflow therefrom. 8. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said passages of said first series of airflow passages define a substantially circular cross-sectional area. 9. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 8, wherein said passages of said first series of airflow passages have exit openings having substantially circular cross-sectional areas. 10. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein the spray tip includes a central portion mounted to the nozzle body and a separate air swirler portion mounted to the central portion, the first series of airflow passages being disposed in said separate air swirler portion. 11. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein the spray tip is substantially circular. 12. A gas turbine engine combustor assembly comprising: a combustor liner enclosing a combustion chamber, the combustor liner having an annular dome portion;a plurality of fuel nozzles disposed in the annular dome portion for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel nozzles being equally circumferentially spaced apart about the annular dome portion to define an annular axis interconnecting the fuel nozzles, each of said fuel nozzles including: a spray tip having a central fuel ejection nozzle in flow communication with at least one fuel flow passage which receives fuel from a fuel source, the central fuel ejection nozzle defining a fuel spray axis and ejecting fuel into the combustion chamber in an initially conically shaped fuel spray about the fuel spray axis;a first series of airflow passages disposed in said spray tip radially outwardly from the central fuel ejection nozzle, said airflow passages being circumferentially discontinuous and including opposed groups of airflow passages, said opposed groups of airflow passages being circumferentially spaced apart in the spray tip by regions substantially free of airflow passages and located on opposite sides of a transverse axis extending through said central fuel ejection nozzle perpendicularly to said fuel spray axis; said opposed groups of airflow passages being oriented towards said transverse axis such as to produce opposed fuel spray shaping air jets, said fuel spray shaping air jets intersecting said initially conical fuel spray such as to generate a final fuel spray having a narrower elliptical cross-sectional shape directed at least partially toward the fuel spray axis and defining a major axis parallel to said transverse axis and a minor axis perpendicular thereto. 13. The combustor as defined in claim 12, wherein the transverse axis is substantially tangential to said annular axis interconnecting the fuel nozzles about the dome portion of the combustor. 14. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 12, wherein said opposed groups of airflow passages are symmetric with respect to said transverse axis. 15. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 12, wherein the spray tip includes a second series of airflow passages disposed in said spray tip circumferentially about the central fuel ejection nozzle and located radially inwards of the first series of airflow passages. 16. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 15, wherein said second series of airflow passages include passage exit openings in said spray tip that are evenly circumferentially spaced apart about the central fuel ejection nozzle, the second series of airflow passages directing a substantially symmetric annular airflow to the initially conical fuel spray. 17. The fuel nozzle as defined in claim 12, wherein the spray tip includes a central portion mounted to a nozzle body and a separate air swirler portion mounted to the central portion, the central portion including the central fuel ejection nozzle formed therein, and the first series of airflow passages being disposed in said separate air swirler portion. 18. A fuel injection system of a gas turbine engine, the system comprising a fuel manifold, a plurality of nozzles mounted to said manifold and having spray tips for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a combustor of the gas turbine engine, at least one of said nozzles having a central fuel ejection nozzle and defining therein at least one fuel flow passage providing fluid flow communication between said fuel manifold and said central fuel ejection nozzle, a plurality of airflow passages disposed within said spray tip and being circumferentially discontinuous thereabout, the airflow passages including at least a first and second group of fuel-spray shaping airflow passages circumferentially spaced apart by regions substantially free of airflow passages, the first and second groups of fuel-spray shaping airflow passages being disposed on opposite sides of a transverse axis and oriented towards each other such as to produce opposed fuel spray shaping air jets, said fuel spray shaping air jets intersecting a fuel spray ejected out of said central fuel ejection nozzle to generate a narrower final fuel spray. 19. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein the shaped final fuel spray has a non-circular cross-sectional shape. 20. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein the final fuel spray is substantially elliptical in cross-sectional shape, defining a major axis parallel to said transverse axis and a minor axis perpendicular thereto. 21. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein the transverse axis is substantially tangent to an annular axis interconnecting the fuel nozzles about the manifold. 22. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein said first and second groups of airflow passages are symmetric with respect to said transverse axis. 23. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein the spray tip includes a central portion mounted to a nozzle body and a separate air swirler portion mounted to the central portion, the central portion including the central fuel ejection nozzle formed therein, and the first and second groups of airflow passages being disposed in said separate air swirler portion. 24. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein said fuel-spray shaping airflow passages have substantially circular cross-sectional areas. 25. The fuel injection system as defined in claim 18, wherein said spray tips are substantially circular.
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