Patent ID: 11898755
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. The combustor according to claim 1, wherein the outer liner and the inner liner extend circumferentially about a combustor centerline axis, the outer liner expanded primary volume portion is integral with the outer liner, and the secondary outer liner portion is movable,
the secondary outer liner portion being arranged within the outer liner expanded primary volume portion and including a first block portion having a plurality of first block sections circumferentially spaced apart about the combustor centerline axis, and a second block portion having a plurality of second block sections circumferentially spaced apart about the combustor centerline axis, the first block portion and the second block portion being rotationally actuated with respect to each other so as to open access to the outer liner expanded primary volume portion to increase and to decrease the volume of the primary combustion zone.