TURBOMACHINE COMBUSTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN IMPROVED FUEL SUPPLY CIRCUIT

• Main Authors: BADET, JEAN-PIERRE, VERDIER, HUBERT, PASCAL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.12.2015
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; WEAPONS

Turbo machine combustion assembly (1) comprising a combustion chamber (10), at least one starting injector (17), a plurality of main injectors (18) distributed at constant angular intervals around the circumference of the combustion chamber, each starting injector being positioned between two consecutive main injectors, equal distances therefrom, and a fuel supply circuit (40) supplying fuel to the injectors, in which assembly the combustion chamber is delimited by two axisymmetric walls-an external wall (14) and an internal wall (12)-which are connected by an annular chamber end wall (16), the fuel supply circuit being designed to supply at least one starting injector continuously, each continuously-supplied starting injector being oriented toward the chamber end wall and dimensioned to spread a spray (F) of fuel between 120° and 180° wide, and the flow rate of fuel injected by the main injectors (18′) between which the starting injectors are positioned being reduced by comparison with the flow rate injected by the other main injectors (18).