Combustor tile mounting arrangement

摘要

A tile is provided for lining the hot side of a wall of a combustor. The tile has a tile body with one or more bosses protruding from the cold side thereof. The or each boss extends, in use, through the wall of the combustor and has a threaded recess formed therein for threadingly connecting with a bolt which is inserted into the recess from the cold side of the combustor wall. The bolt fastens the tile to the combustor wall.

主权项

1. A tile arrangement for lining an outer wall of a combustor, the outer wall having a hot side intended to face a combustion volume and a corresponding cold side intended to face away from the combustion volume, the tile arrangement comprising:
a tile body having one or more integral bosses protruding from a cold side of said tile body, the one or more integral bosses extending through the outer wall of the combustor, wherein each of the one or more integral bosses has a threaded recess formed therein that threadingly connects with a bolt inserted into the threaded recess from the cold side of the outer wall, whereby the bolt fastens the tile to the combustor wall, and has a respective spacer interposed between a head of the bolt and the boss, the spacer engaging at one side with the head of the bolt and at the opposite side with the cold side of the combustor wall, wherein the tile body has one or more spacing projections protruding from the cold side thereof, the spacing projections engaging with the hot side of the combustor wall when the tile is fastened thereto to determine a spacing of the tile body from the combustor wall.