Combustor with baffle
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMichael T. Bucaro, Clayton S. Cooper
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. The combustion section includes a combustion chamber having a first end and a second end downstream of the first end. The combustion chamber further including a combustor liner including an outer surface, a baffle including a body extending axially from a mounting leg, the baffle mounted to the outer surface of the combustor liner to define a sheltered zone. The combustion chamber further including at least one acoustic damper provided in the sheltered zone.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine having an engine centerline, the gas turbine engine comprising:
- a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement, the combustion section comprising:
- a combustion chamber having a first end and a second end downstream of the first end;
- a combustor liner including an outer surface;
- a baffle including a body extending axially from a mounting leg, the baffle mounted to the outer surface of the combustor liner to define a sheltered zone;
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- at least one acoustic damper provided in the sheltered zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.