Combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine with an upstream fairing for separating the gas stream, annular wall forming a cap of the upstream fairing of the chamber, and gas turbine engine with the chamber
View Patent ↗The present invention is concerned with an annular combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine with an external annular wall and an internal annular wall, including an upstream fairing for separating the gas stream at the inlet of the chamber into a combustion stream and a bypass stream which bypasses the inlet of the chamber, the fairing including an annular wall forming a cap, which includes a downstream portion for fastening to a wall of the chamber and an upstream portion forming an edge of the flow cross section for the combustion stream, wherein the upstream portion is continued into at least one additional downstream portion for fastening to the wall of the chamber.
1. An annular combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine with an external annular wall and an internal annular wall, comprising:
an upstream fairing for separating the gas stream at the inlet of the chamber into a combustion stream and a bypass stream which bypasses the inlet of the chamber, the fairing comprising an annular wall forming a cap, said cap comprises an upstream portion forming an upstream edge of a flow cross section for the combustion stream, wherein said cap further comprises a first downstream portion extending on an outer side of said chamber from said upstream portion and configured to fasten to a wall of the chamber, said cap further comprising a second downstream portion extending on an inner side of said chamber from said upstream edge and configured to fasten to a wall of the chamber.
2. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second downstream fastening portion is fastened to a flange of a chamber end section, said flange being fastened to the wall of the chamber on its inner side.
3. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first downstream portion of the cap, the wall of the combustion chamber and the second downstream fastening portion of the cap are fastened by fastening bolts.
4. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the flange of the chamber end section is also fastened by the fastening bolts.
5. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second downstream portion comprises a downstream annular wall.
6. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 5 , the downstream annular wall has cutouts.
7. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second downstream fastening portion comprises fastening tabs, extending from the upstream edge of the cap.
8. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second downstream fastening portion comprises reinforcing tabs connected by a downstream rim which supports tabs for fastening to the wall of the chamber.
9. A gas turbine engine comprising the combustion chamber of claim 1 .
10. The combustion chamber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second downstream portions are made of a single piece of metal.