Abstract: An air and fuel injection system for a turbine engine combustion chamber dome, including at least two fuel injection devices including a central injector and a peripheral annular injector arranged around the central injector, and an inner annular air inlet channel into which the central injector opens up to enable mixing between the fuel from the central injector and the air inlet into the inner annular channel, and at least one outer annular air inlet channel to enable enrichment of this mix with air and to stabilize the pilot combustion zone, wherein the inner annular channel and at least one outer annular channel are separated by an intermediate annular wall extending around the central injector and having a convergent inner profile.

Abstract: An air and fuel injection system for a turbine engine combustion chamber dome, including at least two fuel injection devices including a central injector and a peripheral annular injector arranged around the central injector, and an inner annular air inlet channel into which the central injector opens up to enable mixing between the fuel from the central injector and the air inlet into the inner annular channel, and at least one outer annular air inlet channel to enable enrichment of this mix with air and to stabilise the pilot combustion zone, wherein the inner annular channel and at least one outer annular channel are separated by an intermediate annular wall extending around the central injector and having a convergent inner profile.

Abstract: A turbomachine including an annular combustion chamber, a centrifugal compressor, an annular diffuser enabling the flow of gas leaving the compressor to be diffused and directing this flow of gas towards the combustion chamber, and an outer casing surrounding the outside of the combustion chamber is disclosed. The diffuser includes an upstream portion oriented radially and presenting diffusion passages connected to the outlet from the compressor, an intermediate portion that is elbow-shaped, and a downstream portion having a series of circularly spaced-apart flow-straightening vanes. The flow stream in the downstream portion is delimited externally by the outer casing. The outer casing presents a shoulder against which the outer downstream edge of the intermediate portion comes into abutment.

Abstract: A turbomachine comprising: an annular combustion chamber (40); a centrifugal compressor (10); an annular diffuser (20) enabling the flow of gas leaving the compressor to be diffused and directing this flow of gas towards the combustion chamber, the diffuser comprising: an upstream portion (21) oriented radially and presenting diffusion passages (22) connected to the outlet from the compressor; an intermediate portion (24) that is elbow-shaped; and a downstream portion (25) having a series of circularly spaced-apart flow-straightening vanes (26); and an outer casing (32) surrounding the outside of the combustion chamber and the downstream portion; in which the flow stream in the downstream portion (25) is delimited externally by the outer casing (32).

Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine comprises inner and outer annular walls united by a transverse wall, the inner and outer walls are extended at their downstream ends by inner and outer fastener flanges for fastening respectively to inner and outer shells of a turbomachine casing in order to hold the combustion chamber in position, the inner flange being provided with a plurality of holes for feeding cooling air to a high pressure turbine of the turbomachine, the air feed holes through the inner flange being distributed circumferentially over at least two rows disposed in a staggered configuration.

Abstract: The gas turbine comprises an annular combustion chamber having inner and outer walls made of ceramic matrix composite material, and a high pressure turbine nozzle secured to a downstream end of the combustion chamber and comprising a plurality of stationary airfoils extending between the inner and outer walls of an annular flow path through the nozzle for the gas stream coming from the combustion chamber. The turbine nozzle is made of ceramic matrix composite material and it is connected to the downstream end of the combustion chamber by brazing.

Abstract: A fuel injector comprises a peripheral atomisation system having a plurality of fuel ejection orifices distributed at regular intervals along the circumference and an annular air eddy deflector, comprising air ejection channels such that, for each fuel ejection axis defined by an ejection orifice, there is a corresponding air ejection channel of which at least the radially most internal part has a median substantially intersecting this fuel ejection axis.

Abstract: The downstream end portions of the inner and outer walls of the combustion chamber of the gas turbine are pressed against the inner and outer platforms respectively of the vanes of the high pressure turbine nozzle and they extend thereover substantially to the downstream end of the platforms, and the means for mechanically connecting the turbine nozzle to the downstream end portions of the combustion chamber walls are formed by connection screws implanted in the airfoils of the vanes of the turbine nozzle, passing through holes formed in the end portions of the combustion chamber walls. Thus, the downstream end portions of the combustion chamber walls contribute to preventing leakage from the gas stream at the interface between the chamber and the nozzle, and also along the nozzle.

Abstract: The high pressure turbine nozzle is mechanically connected to a downstream end portion of the combustion chamber and inner and outer connection ferrules connect the combustion chamber and turbine nozzle assembly to inner and outer metal shrouds in order to hold said assembly between the shrouds. Locking members are provided to prevent the turbine nozzle from turning about its axis relative to at least one of the metal shrouds so as to prevent the forces that are exerted on the turbine nozzle vanes by the flow of gas coming from the chamber being taken up by the portions of the connection ferrules that extend between the combustion chamber and turbine nozzle assembly and the metal shrouds.

Abstract: The annular combustion chamber having ceramic matrix composite material walls is mounted inside a metal casing by linking members fastened to the chamber by brazing. The linking members comprise a plurality of inner linking tabs and a plurality of outer linking tabs connecting the chamber to the inner and outer metal shrouds of the casing, each linking tab has a first portion fastened to the outside surface of a wall of the combustion chamber by brazing, the first portions of the linking tabs being spaced apart from one another circumferentially so that the brazed connections between the chamber and the linking members occupy a set of limited zones that are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: An annular combustion chamber comprising axial walls interconnected by a chamber end wall having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from that of the axial walls, the chamber end wall being provided with a plurality of inner and outer fastener tabs secured by fastener systems to the end portions of the axial walls. Each fastener system comprises a bolt, a nut tightened onto one of the ends of the bolt, and a slideway bushing disposed around the bolt between the nut and the end portion of the corresponding axial wall, a determined amount of radial clearance being provided between the nut and the end portion of the axial wall so as to enable the chamber end wall to expand radially freely in operation relative to the axial walls.

Abstract: A system of attaching an injection system to a turbojet combustion chamber base. It comprises a deflector welded onto the chamber base. The deflector comprises an annular portion having an edge forming a retaining shoulder directed toward the front of the turbojet and the injection system comprises a collar on which is formed a retaining shoulder directed toward the rear of the turbojet and pressing against the retaining shoulder of the deflector.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an annular combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine with an external annular wall (31) and an internal annular wall (32), comprising an upstream fairing (9) for separating the gas stream at the inlet of the chamber into a combustion stream (6) and a bypass stream which bypasses the inlet of the chamber (1), the fairing (9) comprising an annular wall (21) forming a cap (20, 20?, 20?), which comprises a downstream portion (22) for fastening to a wall (31) of the chamber (1) and an upstream portion (24) forming an edge of the flow cross section for the combustion stream (6), wherein the upstream portion (24) is continued into at least one additional downstream portion for fastening to the wall (31) of the chamber (1).

Abstract: According to the invention, the injector arms comprise a peripheral duct forming part of a primary fuel circuit that delivers fuel continuously, and a central duct forming part of a secondary fuel circuit that delivers fuel at an essentially variable rate.

Abstract: A turbomachine assembly comprising: an annular compression section; a casing formed by an outer annular shell (204) and an inner annular shell (206) secured inside the outer shell by means of a plurality of radial support arms (208); an annular combustion section housed inside the casing; and an annular turbine section.

Abstract: The invention provides a combustion chamber comprising a chamber wall disposed radially inside a casing, an igniter plug for igniting the air-fuel mixture, the plug being mounted on said casing and comprising a body with a free end that is disposed in an opening formed through said chamber wall with a large amount of clearance to accommodate relative displacement between said casing and said chamber wall, and a sealing device provided between said body and the perimeter of said opening, said sealing device comprising an annular plug-guide through which said body passes, the plug-guide being slidably mounted at the radially-outer end of an annular support whose base is secured to said perimeter, wherein the support is secured to the radially-outer portion of a chimney passing through said opening and presenting at its radially-inner end a collar bearing against the inside face of the chamber wall, and wherein a cooling circuit for said collar is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to the sealing of the cavity from which air is bled off to the cabin, which cavity is delimited, on the one hand, by the external shell (6) of the compressor and an annular structure (7) connected to the shell, and, on the other hand, by the external casing (12) of the diffuser grating and a strut (13) connected to said external casing and to an external engine casing shell (14), this external casing shell (14) being fastened to the annular structure (7) by bolting together flanges, using sealing means provided between the annular structure (7) and the external casing (12) of the diffuser grating.

Abstract: The invention relates to an annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine of axis X, in which the chamber end wall is fixed to inner and outer side walls by means of a plurality of radially-inner attachment fittings and by means of a plurality of radially-outer attachment fittings disposed upstream from said chamber end wall by bolting a zone of each of said fittings to said side walls. At least one of said pluralities of attachment fittings is integrated in a ring secured to the chamber end wall and comprises a plurality of pairs of tabs which extend upstream beyond the bolting zones, the two tabs in each pair being disposed circumferentially on either side of a bolting zone and being interconnected at their upstream end to the upstream end of a fixing plate which extends between said two tabs and which presents a bolting zone for being fixed to the adjacent side wall.

Abstract: The annular combustion chamber having ceramic matrix composite material walls is mounted inside a metal casing by linking members fastened to the chamber by brazing. The linking members comprise a plurality of inner linking tabs and a plurality of outer linking tabs connecting the chamber to the inner and outer metal shrouds of the casing, each linking tab has a first portion fastened to the outside surface of a wall of the combustion chamber by brazing, the first portions of the linking tabs being spaced apart from one another circumferentially so that the brazed connections between the chamber and the linking members occupy a set of limited zones that are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: The downstream end portions of the inner and outer walls of the combustion chamber of the gas turbine are pressed against the inner and outer platforms respectively of the vanes of the high pressure turbine nozzle and they extend thereover substantially to the downstream end of the platforms, and the means for mechanically connecting the turbine nozzle to the downstream end portions of the combustion chamber walls are formed by connection screws implanted in the airfoils of the vanes of the turbine nozzle, passing through holes formed in the end portions of the combustion chamber walls. Thus, the downstream end portions of the combustion chamber walls contribute to preventing leakage from the gas stream at the interface between the chamber and the nozzle, and also along the nozzle.