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US 2010/0146979 A1Published application
Fuel distributor
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPaul Headland, Richard Noden
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Abstract
A swirler including a fuel distributor is provided. Each fuel distributor includes a distribution element defining a cavity, an inlet opening arranged in the distribution element, at least one outlet opening arranged in the distribution element, and at least one third opening arranged in the distribution element, the cross-section of the at least one third opening being larger than the cross-section of the at least one outlet opening
Claims19
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A swirler, comprising:
- a swirler vane support;
- a plurality of swirler vanes arranged on the swirler vane support;
- a plurality of swirler passages formed by the swirler vanes and the swirler vane support;
- and
- a plurality of fuel distributors, each of the fuel distributors, comprising:
- a distribution element defining a cavity,
- wherein the cavity has an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a third opening,
- wherein the third opening is arranged in the cavity of the fuel distributor in an upstream section of a respective swirler passage, and the outlet opening is arranged in the cavity in a downstream section of the respective swirler passage,
- wherein a first cross-section of the third opening is larger than a second cross-section of the outlet opening, and
- wherein a plurality of cavities of the plurality of fuel distributors are arranged in the swirler vane support.
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A fuel distributor, comprising:
- a distribution element defining a cavity;
- an inlet opening arranged in the distribution element;
- an outlet opening;
- and
- a third opening,
- wherein the third opening is arranged in the cavity of the fuel distributor, and
- the outlet opening is arranged in the cavity,
- wherein a first cross-section of the third opening is larger than a second cross-section of the outlet opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.