Multi-stage amplification vortex mixture for gas turbine engine combustor
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F23R-003/26
F23R-003/06
F23N-005/16
F23M-020/00
출원번호
US-0188451
(2011-07-21)
등록번호
US-9222674
(2015-12-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Cunha, Frank J.
Brogan, Torence P.
출원인 / 주소
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
대리인 / 주소
Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
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초록
A multi-stage vortex mixer for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a vortex amplifier stage in communication with a first stage amplifier, the vortex amplifier stage in communication with a dilution hole.
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1. A multi-stage vortex mixer for a combustor of a turbine engine comprising: a first stage differential pressure amplifier for a combustion chamber;a first stage first control passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a first stage second control passage in comm
1. A multi-stage vortex mixer for a combustor of a turbine engine comprising: a first stage differential pressure amplifier for a combustion chamber;a first stage first control passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a first stage second control passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier, wherein said first stage first control passage and said first stage second control passage originate at first and second pick-up points in communication with said combustor chamber;a first stage first outlet passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a first stage second outlet passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a feed passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier, wherein said first stage differential pressure amplifier is configured to distribute flow from the feed passage to said first stage first and second outlet passages according to a differential pressure between said first and second pick-up points; anda vortex amplifier in communication with said first stage amplifier, said vortex amplifier configured for communication with said combustor chamber through a dilution hole. 2. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said pick-up points are circumferentially displaced. 3. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said first stage differential pressure amplifier is in communication with said vortex amplifier through a vortex amplifier first control passage and a vortex amplifier stage second control passage. 4. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 3, wherein said feed passage is in communication with said vortex amplifier through a vortex stage jet feed chamber. 5. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said vortex amplifier is in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier through a second differential pressure stage amplifier. 6. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 5, wherein said second stage differential pressure amplifier is in communication with said vortex amplifier through a vortex amplifier stage first control passage and a vortex amplifier stage second control passage. 7. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said feed passage comprises cooling air from impingement holes in a liner of said combustor; andsaid first stage differential pressure amplifier and said vortex amplifier are configured to amplify said cooling air and subsequently direct said cooling air into said combustion chamber. 8. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 3, wherein said vortex amplifier comprises: a main supply jet port for communication with said feed passage;a cylindrical vortex chamber configured to mix fluid from said vortex amplifier first control passage and said vortex amplifier stage second control passage with fluid from said main supply jet port to selectively generate a vortex;a receiver tube in communication with said combustion chamber through said dilution hole; andan outlet port in connection with said receiver tube. 9. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said multi-stage vortex mixer is configured to be external to said combustor. 10. The multi-stage vortex mixer as recited in claim 1, wherein said first stage differential pressure amplifier is configured to receive pressure signals from said first and second pick-up points. 11. A combustor of a turbine engine comprising: a combustion chamber;a first fuel injector;a first multi-stage vortex mixer including a first-stage amplifier in direct communication with said combustor chamber at first multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points via first multistage vortex mixer first and second passages, said first-stage vortex mixer first and second passages extending from said first multi-stage mixer first and second pick-up points, respectively, to said first-stage amplifier, said first multi-stage vortex mixer further comprising a first vortex amplifier, wherein said first multi-stage vortex mixer is downstream of said first fuel injector; anda second multi-stage vortex mixer including a second-stage amplifier in direct communication with said combustor chamber at second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points via second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages, said second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages extending from said second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points, respectively, to said second-stage amplifier, said second multi-stage vortex mixer further comprising a second vortex amplifier, wherein said second multi-stage vortex mixer is downstream of said first fuel injector. 12. The combustor as recited in claim 11, wherein said first multi-stage vortex mixer is defined within an outer liner and said second multi-stage vortex mixer is defined within an inner liner assembly. 13. The combustor as recited in claim 11, wherein said first multi-stage vortex mixer and said second multi-stage vortex mixer are external to said combustion chamber. 14. A combustor of a turbine engine comprising: a combustion chamber;a first fuel injector;a first multi-stage vortex mixer in direct communication with said combustor chamber at first multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points via first multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages, said first multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages extending from said first multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points, respectively, to said combustor, wherein said first multi-stage vortex mixer is downstream of said first fuel injector; anda second multi-stage vortex mixer in direct communication with said combustor chamber at second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points via second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages, said second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second passages extending from said second multi-stage vortex mixer first and second pick-up points, respectively, to said combustor, wherein said second multi-stage vortex mixer is downstream of said first fuel injector, wherein said first multi-stage vortex mixer and said second multi-stage vortex mixer each comprise: a first stage differential pressure amplifier for said combustion chamber;a first stage first control passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a first stage second control passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier, wherein said first stage first control passage and said first stage second control passage originate at said respective first and second pick-up points;a first stage first outlet passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a first stage second outlet passage in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier;a feed passage in communication with said first stage amplifier, wherein said first stage differential pressure amplifier is configured to distribute flow from the feed passage to said first stage first and second outlet passages according to a differential pressure between said respective first and second pick-up points; anda vortex amplifier in communication with said first stage differential pressure amplifier, said vortex amplifier in communication with said combustor chamber through a dilution hole. 15. A method of cooling a combustor of a turbine engine comprising: sensing combustor chamber pressure waves at two axially equivalent but circumferentially displaced pick-up points along a combustor chamber; andcontrolling a swirl of a dilution jet in response to the combustor chamber pressure waves with a first-stage differential pressure amplifier in direct communication with the pick-up points through first and second passages and a vortex amplifier in communication with the first-stage differential pressure amplifier and configured to provide a selective vortex swirl in the combustor chamber. 16. The method as recited in claim 15, further comprising sensing combustor chamber pressure waves upstream of the dilution jet. 17. The method as recited in claim 15, further comprising amplifying pressure pulses from the combustor chamber pressure waves. 18. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising communicating the amplified pressure pulses to a vortex amplifier stage through a vortex amplifier stage first control passage and a vortex amplifier stage second control passage. 19. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising communicating the amplified pressure pulses from the vortex amplifier stage first control passage and the vortex amplifier stage second control passage as tangentially directed control jets to mix with a main power supply jet. 20. The method as recited in claim 15, further comprising: registering a pressure differential between said pick-up points; anddirecting jet flow to a vortex amplifier according to said pressure differential.
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