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US 2014/0190167 A1Published application
Ceramic combustor can for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJun Shi, David J. Bombara, Jason Lawrence, Richard S. Tuthill, Jeffery D. Melman
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Abstract
A combustor assembly having a support assembly between a metal support assembly and a ceramic combustor can section that accommodates a thermal expansion difference therebetween. An air fuel mixer and an igniter are mounted to the support assembly secured to the ceramic combustion can which receives the ignition products of the ignited fuel and air mixture.
Claims17
A combustor section comprising:
- a support assembly having a first Coefficient Thermal Expansion (CTE), said support assembly including a front support ring extending around an axis;
- a fuel air mixer mounted to a first axial side of the support assembly;
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- a non-metallic combustor can having a second Coefficient Thermal Expansion (CTE) different than said first Coefficient Thermal Expansion (CTE), said combustor can mounted to an opposite, second axial side of said support assembly, said front support ring being fastened with a multitude of fasteners, which engage said front support ring and said combustor can, to an inner diameter of said non-metallic combustor can at an inclined contact interface defined by said front support ring and said non-metallic combustor can.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.