Low emissions combustor for a turbine engine

摘要

A low emissions combustor can 18 for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a louvered combustor liner 24 with three arrays 52 of dilution holes 52, 54, 56. The first hole array comprises twelve equally sized, equiangularly distributed holes that penetrates the liner about midway along its axial length. The second hole array 54 comprises twelve equally sized holes, smaller than the holes of the first array, that penetrate the liner a predetermined distance aft of the first hole array 52. The holes of the second array 54 are equiangularly distributed and each second hole is circumferentially aligned with a first hole. A third hole array 56 penetrates the liner a predefined distance aft of the first array. The third holes are nonuniformly sized and nonequiangularly distributed to regulate the spatial temperature profile of combustion gases exiting the combustor can. The quantity, size, distribution and location of the holes mitigates undesirable exhaust emissions without affecting the performance or durability of the engine. Accordingly, the combustor can may be used to replace an existing combustor can in an older generation gas turbine engine.