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US 9,851,098 B2Granted
Swirler
AssigneeHanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
InventorIk Soo Kim
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Abstract
The inventive concept relates to a swirler. According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a swirler including a casing, a pilot body disposed in the casing, and a plurality of vanes arranged along a circumference of the pilot body, wherein at least a part of the vane protrudes further to a downstream than an end portion of the pilot body.
Claims4
A swirler comprising:
- a casing;
- a pilot body disposed in the casing;
- and
- a plurality of vanes arranged along a circumference of the pilot body,
- wherein at least a part of each vane of the plurality of vanes protrudes further to a downstream side end than an end portion of the pilot body,
- wherein the casing comprises an inlet portion and an outlet portion, and an expansion portion having an increasing inner diameter between the inlet portion and the outlet portion,
- wherein the expansion portion includes a first inclined portion extending from the inlet portion while being slanted, a flat portion cylindrically formed from the first inclined portion without an inclination, and a second inclined portion extending from the flat portion to a location corresponding to ends of the plurality of vanes and being inclined while the inner diameter thereof reduces, and
- wherein a plurality of atomizers are disposed at the flat portion for atomizing a fuel of a liquid phase into flow paths between the plurality of vanes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.