Device for feeding fuel to a combustion chamber in a turbomachine
View Patent ↗A device for feeding fuel to a combustion chamber in a turbomachine, the device comprising both an annular fuel feed rail extending around an outer casing of the combustion chamber, and a plurality of injectors fixed to the casing and opening out into the combustion chamber, the injectors being connected to the rail by fuel transport ducts and by support means that are deformable in bending, twisting, and pivoting, allowing the casing to expand thermally in a radial direction relative to the annular rail and providing rigid support for the annular rail.
1. A device for feeding fuel to a combustion chamber in a turbomachine, the device comprising:
an annular fuel feed rail that extends around an outer cylindrical casing of the combustion chamber and that is connected to a fuel feed device;
a plurality of injectors that are secured to the casing and that opens out into the combustion chamber;
angled fuel transport ducts that connect the fuel feed rail to the injectors; and
a rail support mechanism that connects the injectors to the fuel feed rail,
wherein the rail support mechanism includes a connecting mechanism that is deformable in bending, twisting, and pivoting such that the rail support mechanism allows the casing to expand thermally in a radial direction relative to the annular rail and such that the rail support mechanism provides a rigid support for the annular rail,
wherein the connecting mechanism includes at least one traction spring mounted between the rigid tabs that are in alignment with each other and that are spaced apart from each other, and
wherein the at least one traction spring is disposed at an angle of about 20 degrees relative to an axis of the casing and slopes outwards from an upstream end of the casing to a downstream end of the casing.
2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting mechanism is connected to the annular rail and to the injectors by rigid tabs extending in a common plane.
3. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting mechanism includes two traction springs mounted in parallel beside each other between said rigid tabs.
4. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting mechanism includes at least one traction spring, a first end of the at least one traction spring is mounted to a first rigid tab, a second end of the at least one traction spring is mounted to a second rigid tab, the first rigid tab is connected to the annular rail, the second rigid tab is connected to at least one of the injectors, and
wherein a first end of the first rigid tab and a first end of the second rigid tab extend towards each other in a common plane.
5. A device according to claim 4 , wherein the first rigid tab and the second rigid tab are not parallel when the at least one traction spring is bent.