Patents Represented by Attorney Normal Friedland
  • Patent number: 4271674
    Abstract: A combustor assembly having improved performance at low engine power operation and at altitude relight includes an annular combustion chamber, two fuel sources, and a premixing passageway having an outlet positioned adjacent either the inner and outer annular well of the combustion chamber. A perforated baffle is disposed across the outlet of the premixing passageway, the outlet being in gas communication with the combustion zone. In a preferred embodiment, for low power operation, such as for idle or for altitude relight, fuel from a first source is sprayed directly into the combustion zone. During this low power operation a localized stagnation region is created adjacent the fuel source which acts as a continuous ignition source for the combusting fuel-air mixture within the combustion zone. For high power operation such as takeoff, climb and cruise, fuel from a second source is injected into the premixing passageway where it is atomized by air entering the passageway from the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Marshall, Kenneth A. Cashman