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US 8,505,306 B2Granted
Ceramic combustor liner panel for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJames A. Dierberger, Kevin W. Schlichting, Melvin Freling
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Abstract
A combustor assembly includes a support structure and at least one combustor liner panel selectively attached to the support structure. The combustor liner panel includes an uncooled ceramic portion, a cooled ceramic portion and a support that receives the cooled ceramic portion.
Claims11
A combustor support-liner assembly, comprising:
- a support structure;
- at least one combustor liner panel selectively attached to said support structure, wherein said at least one combustor liner panel includes an uncooled ceramic portion, a cooled ceramic portion circumferentially offset from said uncooled ceramic portion and a support that receives said cooled ceramic portion, said uncooled ceramic portion and said cooled ceramic portion positioned at an equal radial distance from a longitudinal centerline axis that extends through said support structure;
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- wherein said cooled ceramic portion is oriented generally in-line with a combustor fuel nozzle.
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A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a compressor section disposed about an engine longitudinal centerline axis;
- a turbine section downstream of said compressor section;
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- a combustor section positioned between said compressor section and said turbine section and including a support structure and at least one combustor liner panel;
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- wherein said at least one combustor liner panel includes an uncooled ceramic portion, a cooled ceramic portion circumferentially offset from said uncooled ceramic portion, and a support that receives said cooled ceramic portion, said uncooled ceramic portion and said cooled ceramic portion positioned at an equal radial distance from a longitudinal centerline axis of the combustor section, said combustor section including at least one fuel nozzle and said cooled ceramic portion is oriented generally in-line with said fuel nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.