Combustion equipment for gas-turbine engine having main and pilot fuel injector means

摘要

667,394. Gas turbine plant. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. April 25, 1950. [April 28, 1949] No. 11377/49. Class 110(iii). [Also in Groups XI and XII] Combustion equipment for reheating the exhaust gases from a gas turbine comprises a baffle element 42 disposed in the duct in which the exhaust gases are flowing to produce a stagnant zone downstream of itself, an associated pilot fuel injection means to inject fuel into the stagnant zone to produce a pilot flame of a self-supporting nature, and a plurality of main fuel injectors disposed around the pilot injector means which inject fuel into the free stream of exhaust gases, the flame from the pilot fuel injector means stabilizing the combustion of fuel delivered by the main injectors. Pilot fuel is delivered through the pipe 22 to the passages 34, 35 in the spider member 20, into axial bores 36, 37, from which it flows through the nozzle 40 into the conical baffle 42, and through the radial bores 51 respectively. The fuel delivered by the nozzle 40 is ignited by the spark igniter 45 so that the orifice 41 constitutes an igniter fuel jet. The fuel delivered by the bores 51 is carried down-stream by the flow of exhaust gases and part of it is carried behind the baffle 42 to be ignited by the flame caused by burning of fuel from the nozzle 40 and the flame will spread to the rest of the fuel. The fuel for the main injectors flows through the pipe 21 to the spider member 20 and through bores 52 in the radiallydisposed tubes 53, and is delivered into the exhaust gas stream in a circumferential direction through the orifices 54 and 55 in the supply pipe 21. A sheet metal fairing 56 is provided around the pipes 21, 22 and a temperature sensitive device 46 is fitted inside the conical baffle. The pipe 21 is rigidly secured to the wall of the duct 12a whilst the pipe 22 is slidingly engaged with the wall to permit relative radial expansion between the fuel injection equipment 15 and the duct 12a. The connections to the spark igniter and temperature-sensitive device 45, 46 are by ball and socket joints 47, 48 to permit expansion. The equipment is shown installed in the jet pipe of a gas turbine jet propulsion engine.