Inventors:
Thomas G. Johnson - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Cheng-Chang Ling - Tainan, TW
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT
International Classification:
F23R 304
Abstract:
The swirler for the fuel nozzle of the combustor of a gas turbine engine in engine designs where the swirler is off set from the center line of the combustor, localized erosion is obviated by locating and angling air cooling holes around the air swirler body to for flowing the cooling air uniformly along the body surface from bottom up to the tip of the swirler.