Method and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engine combustors
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAllen Danis, James Cooper, Jeffrey Martini
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Abstract
A method enables a combustor for a gas turbine engine to be assembled. The method includes coupling an inner liner to an outer liner such that a combustion chamber is defined therebetween, wherein the outer liner is fabricated from a plurality of panels coupled together, and coupling an outer support radially outward from the outer liner such that an outer passageway is defined between the outer liner and the outer support, wherein the outer support is configured to channel cooling air from the outer passageway towards at least a portion of the outer liner.
Claims16
A method for assembling a combustor for a gas turbine engine, said method comprising:
- coupling an inner liner to an outer liner such that a combustion chamber is defined therebetween, wherein the outer liner is fabricated from a plurality of panels coupled together;
- and
- coupling an outer support radially outward from the outer linear such that an outer passageway is defined between the outer liner and the outer support, wheerein the outer support is configured to channel cooling air from the outer passageway towards at least a portion of the outer liner.
A combustor for a gas turbine engine, said combustor comprising:
- an inner liner;
- an outer liner coupled to said inner liner to define a combustion chamber therebetween;
- and
- an outer support coupled radially outward from said outer liner such that an outer cooling passageway is defined radially outward from said outer liner, said outer support configured to channel cooling air from said outer passageway towards at least a portion of said outer liner.
A gas turbine engine comprising a combustor comprising an inner liner, and outer liner, and an outer support, said outer coupled to said inner liner such that a combustion chamber is defined therebetween, said outer support coupled radially outward from said outer liner such that an outer passageway is defined radially outward from said outer liner, said outer support configured to channel cooling air from said outer passageway towards at least a portion of said outer liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.