Patent ID: 6606861
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: F23R,Y02T

Abstract:
A combustor for a turbine engine, comprising:an outer liner having exactly one row of circumferentially distributed outer combustion air holes penetrating therethrough, the outer holes comprising larger size major outer holes and smaller size minor outer holes circumferentially intermediate neighboring pairs of major outer holes; and an inner liner circumscribed by the outer liner and having exactly one row of circumferentially distributed inner combustion air holes penetrating therethrough, the inner holes comprising larger size major inner holes, circumferentially offset from the major outer holes, and smaller size minor inner holes circumferentially intermediate neighboring pairs of major inner holes; wherein each liner comprises a support shell, a forward heatshield secured to a forward portion of the support shell and an aft heatshield secured to an aft portion of the support shell.