Patent ID: 6334303
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: F23R

Abstract:
A flameholder device for afterburners in gas turbine engines with a cooling air fan of by-pass type, comprising a plurality of air-cooled radial flameholder means (1) which at their radially outer end are mounted to the after-burner casing (2) and connected to the cooling air bypass duct (6) and have a longitudinal air channel which ends at the radially inner end of said flameholder means, at which end is arranged a circumferentially extending arcuate flameholder gutter (14) of generally V-shape in cross-section and with the open end of the â€œVâ€  facing downstream, characterized in that the flameholder means (1) at their radially outer ends each are pivotably and releasably mounted to the afterburner casing (2) on a tangential axis (11) and in that the gutters of the respective flameholder means (1) are formed as a common integral annular supporting and load-carrying body (14).