摘要 |
A mixer assembly for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine includes a pilot mixer, a main mixer, and a fuel manifold positioned between the pilot mixer and main mixer. The pilot mixer includes an annular pilot housing having a hollow interior and a pilot fuel nozzle mounted in the housing and adapted for dispensing droplets of fuel to the hollow interior of the pilot housing. The main mixer includes: a main housing surrounding the pilot housing and defining an annular cavity; a plurality of fuel injection ports for introducing fuel into the cavity; a post member associated with and extending from each fuel injection port to an inner surface of said annular cavity, the post member including an inner passage therethrough in flow communication with the fuel injection port; a passage surrounding each post member, wherein air is provided therefrom to envelop fuel injected into the annular cavity; and, a swirler arrangement including at least one swirler positioned upstream from the fuel injection ports, wherein each swirler of the arrangement has a plurality of vanes for swirling air traveling through such swirler to mix air and the droplets of fuel dispensed by the fuel injection ports. The air through the passages is either injected substantially straight through or swirled a predetermined amount.
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