IP Library Granted Patent US 7,721,545
Granted Patent B2
US 7,721,545 · App. 11/692,441 · Granted May 25, 2010

Device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel, combustion chamber and turbomachine both equipped with such a device

Assignee: SNECMA
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Patent No.
US 7,721,545
App. No.
11/692,441
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbomachine where the supply of air is improved. The invention relates more particularly to a new type of sliding bushing.

Claims (20)

1. A device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, the injection device having symmetry of revolution about an axis and comprising, arranged from upstream to downstream in the direction in which the gases flow, a sliding bushing of axis of revolution Y connected to radial swirl inducers by a dish, an aerodynamic bowl spaced axially from the radial swirl inducers, the sliding bushing comprising a convergent conical upstream wall continuing into a cylindrical wall of axis X and a downstream flange extending radially at the downstream end of the cylindrical wall, the downstream flange being equipped with pressurized-air supply holes also known as purge holes,

wherein the convergent upstream wall of the sliding bushing is equipped with at least one row of circumferentially-spaced additional pressurized-air supply orifices.

2. The injection device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices have a total passage cross section greater than or equal to the total passage cross section of the purge holes.

3. The injection device as claimed in one of claims 1 and 2 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices are of cylindrical shape with a directrix that is circular in shape.

4. The injection device as claimed in one of claims 1 and 2 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices are of cylindrical shape with a directrix that is oblong in shape.

5. The injection device as claimed in one of claims 1 and 2 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices are of cylindrical shape with a directrix that is shaped as a quadrilateral.

6. The injection device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices have their axis parallel to the axis of the sliding bushing.

7. The injection device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices have their axis orthogonal to the convergent conical upstream wall.

8. The injection device as claimed in any one of claims 1 and 2 ,

wherein the additional supply orifices are positioned at the upstream end of the convergent upstream wall, have an open side and form scallops.

9. The injection device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the purge holes have different inlet and outlet diameters, the inlet diameter being greater than the outlet diameter.

10. A combustion chamber comprising an internal wall, an external wall, a chamber endwall and which is equipped with at least one injection device as claimed in claim 1 .

11. A turbomachine equipped with a combustion chamber as claimed in claim 10 .

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2007
From: CAYRE, ALAIN; DESAULTY, MICHEL ANDRE ALBERT; POMMIER, NICOLAS
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 019076/0722 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 06 02750 · Mar 30, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070227147A1 · Oct 4, 2007