Thrust increasing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10655860-B2
Application number	US-201615288187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2016
Priority date	May 23, 2014
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

A thrust increasing device includes: a fuel injector that ejects fuel toward a jet flow; an ignition device that is disposed downstream from the fuel injector; a cylindrical duct that surrounds a combustion region; a flame holder that is disposed in the duct; and a swirling flow generating part that maintains an axial flow of the jet flow in an axial direction of the duct in an outer region of the duct in a radial direction inside the duct and that converts the jet flow to a swirling flow centered on an axis of the duct in an inner region of the duct in the radial direction inside the duct.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thrust increasing device comprising:
a fuel injector which ejects fuel toward a jet flow;
an ignition device disposed downstream from the fuel injector;
a cylindrical duct which surrounds a combustion region;
a flame holder disposed in the cylindrical duct; and
a swirling flow generating part which maintains a flow of the jet flow in an axial direction of the cylindrical duct in an outer region of the cylindrical duct in a radial direction inside the cylindrical duct and converts the jet flow to a swirling flow centered on an axis of the cylindrical duct in an inner region of the cylindrical duct in the radial direction inside the cylindrical duct, wherein
the swirling flow generating part is made up of a plurality of radial gutters which are arranged around the axis of the cylindrical duct in an annular shape,
each of the plurality of the radial gutters includes a pipe part, inner ends of the pipe parts in the radial direction are separate and spaced apart from each other, and the pipe parts inject air toward locations displaced from the axis of the cylindrical duct by equal distances when viewed in the axial direction of the cylindrical duct, and
center axes of the pipe parts do not intersect the axis of the cylindrical duct when viewed in the axial direction of the cylindrical duct.

2. The thrust increasing device according to claim 1 , wherein the center axes of the pipe parts are directed toward the locations displaced from the axis of the cylindrical duct by the equal di stances.

3. The thrust increasing device according to claim 1 , wherein injection openings of the pipe parts are inclined toward the locations displaced from the axis of the cylindrical duct by the equal distances.

4. A thrust increasing device comprising:
a fuel injector which ejects fuel toward a jet flow;
an ignition device disposed downstream from the fuel injector;
a cylindrical duct which surrounds a combustion region;
a flame holder disposed in the cylindrical duct; and
a swirling flow generating part which maintains a flow of the jet flow in an axial direction of the cylindrical duct in an outer region of the cylindrical duct in a radial direction inside the cylindrical duct and converts the jet flow to a swirling flow centered on an axis of the cylindrical duct in an inner region of the cylindrical duct in the radial direction inside the cylindrical duct, wherein
the swirling flow generating part is made up of a plurality of radial gutters which are arranged around the axis of the cylindrical duct in an annular shape,
each of the plurality of the radial gutters includes a pipe part that is directed toward the axis of the cylindrical duct and injects air, inner ends of the pipe parts in the radial direction are separate and spaced apart from each other, and a lid part that is attached to an injection opening of the pipe part, and the lid parts bias the air injected from the pipe parts toward locations displaced from the axis of the cylindrical duct by equal distances when viewed in the axial direction of the cylindrical duct, and
center axes of the pipe parts do not intersect the axis of the cylindrical duct when viewed in the axial direction of the cylindrical duct.

5. The thrust increasing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cylindrical liner provided in the cylindrical duct and forms a flow passage;
wherein an outer end in the radial direction of each of the radial gutters is disposed in a gap between the cylindrical duct and the cylindrical liner, and an inner end in the radial direction of each of the radial gutters is disposed in the cylindrical duct.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Shinji
• Hosoi Jun
• Takahashi Katsuyoshi
• Hiromitsu Nagayoshi

Classifications

• F23R3/28

  characterised by the fuel supply (burners F23D) · CPC title

• F23R3/58 Primary

  Cyclone or vortex type combustion chambers · CPC title

• F23R3/18

  Flame stabilising means, e.g. flame holders for after-burners of jet-propulsion plants · CPC title

• F23R3/045

  using pipes · CPC title

• F02K3/10

  by after-burners (F02K3/105 takes precedence) · CPC title