US 12,312,995 B2
Ultra compact combustor
Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Niskayuna, NY (US); Narendra Digamber Joshi, Schenectady, NY (US); and Peter Daniel Silkowski, Scotia, NY (US)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,504.
Application 17/332,504 is a division of application No. 16/133,362, filed on Sep. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,053,844.
Application 16/133,362 is a continuation of application No. 14/706,679, filed on May 7, 2015, granted, now 10,082,076, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/989,855, filed on May 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285370 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F23R 3/04 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 3/14 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F04D 29/56 (2006.01); F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F23R 3/12 (2006.01); F23R 3/14 (2006.01); F23R 3/26 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F23R 3/34 (2006.01); F23R 3/44 (2006.01); F23R 3/50 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 3/14 (2013.01) [B23P 15/04 (2013.01); F01D 9/023 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F04D 27/0246 (2013.01); F04D 29/542 (2013.01); F04D 29/544 (2013.01); F04D 29/563 (2013.01); F23R 3/002 (2013.01); F23R 3/04 (2013.01); F23R 3/12 (2013.01); F23R 3/14 (2013.01); F23R 3/26 (2013.01); F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F23R 3/34 (2013.01); F23R 3/44 (2013.01); F23R 3/50 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprising:
a combustion chamber having an inner volume defined at least partially by a front wall, wherein the front wall comprises a plurality of cylindrical or spherical bases each having a through hole fluidly coupled to the inner volume, and wherein each of the plurality of cylindrical or spherical bases is disposed within a collar that is coupled to the front wall; and
an inlet guide vane coupled to each of the cylindrical or spherical bases and movable with respect to the front wall and the respective collar through at least one angle to accommodate for a changing direction in an air flow through the through hole.