Patent ID: 11920791
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. The trapped vortex reverse flow combustor according to claim 6, wherein, in operation of the trapped vortex reverse flow combustor, (1) the diffuser receives the inlet airflow, (2) a portion of the inlet airflow flows through the plurality of the second-dome vortex driver airflow openings and provides the first vortex generating outer airflow to the trapped vortex cavity, (3) another portion of the inlet airflow flows through the plurality of the first-dome vortex driver airflow openings and provides the first vortex generating mid airflow radially inward of the first vortex generating outer airflow to the trapped vortex cavity, (4) the first vortex generating mid airflow and the first vortex generating outer airflow generate the first trapped vortex flow within the trapped vortex cavity, (5) another portion of the inlet airflow flows through the plurality of the primary driver airflow openings and provides the primary driver airflow therethrough radially inward of the trapped vortex cavity, and (6) the first vortex generating mid airflow and the primary driver airflow generate a second trapped vortex flow within the trapped vortex cavity radially inward of the first trapped vortex flow, the first trapped vortex flow and the second trapped vortex flow being in opposing swirl directions to one another.