Patent ID: 7082771

Claim:
A combustion chamber for a gas turbine, comprising: a combustion chamber inner wall and a combustion chamber outer wall, defining an annular combustion space between the inner wall and the outer wall; a first lining formed from a plurality of heat shield elements arranged on an interior of the outer wall defining a first inner space between the heat shield element and the outer wall; a second lining formed from a plurality of heat shield elements arranged on an exterior of the inner wall defining a second inner space between the heat shield element and the inner wall; and a cooling medium adapted to flow within the first inner space and second inner space, wherein the inner wall comprises a plurality of wall elements abutting each other at a horizontal parting joint, the wall elements connected to each other in the area of the parting joint by a plurality of screw connections oriented at a non-perpendicular angle to an inner wall surface and the horizontal parting joint.