Patent ID: 6698208
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: F05B,F23D,F23R

Abstract:
An atomizer for use with a combustor in a gas turbine, wherein the atomizer is comprised of:a) a body, b) a fuel passageway within the body extending along a passageway centerline, wherein the fuel passageway has an entry end and a discharge end; and c) a plurality of channels extending within the body about the passageway centerline and spaced around the discharge end of the fuel passageway, wherein at the discharge end of the passageway the channels are oriented along a circumferential angle about the passageway centerline to deliver air at the discharge end of the passageway with a whirling motion, wherein the channels are simultaneously oriented along an axial angle about the passageway centerline thereby converging toward the passageway centerline to deliver air at the discharge end toward the passageway centerline, and wherein the channels are located on an interior surface of a conically shaped tip at the discharge end of the passageway.