(19)
(11) EP 2 383 518 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.2014 Bulletin 2014/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/44

(21) Application number: 11163440.8

(22) Date of filing: 21.04.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F23R 3/42(2006.01)
 F23R 3/58(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 27.04.2010 US 768385

(71) Applicant: General Electric Company
Schenectady, NY 12345 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Johns, David Richard
    Greenville, SC 29615 (US)
  • Humanchuk, Craig Steven
    Greenville, SC 29615 (US)

(74) Representative: Cleary, Fidelma et al
GPO Europe GE International Inc. The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith
London W6 8BJ
London W6 8BJ (GB)

   


(54) Tangential combustor


(57) A combustion section for a gas turbine includes a casing (32) defining a chamber, a plurality of combustor cans (34) disposed in the casing and oriented in an annular pattern, and a plurality of transition pieces (36) each coupled with one of the combustor cans. The transition pieces direct products of combustion from the combustor cans into contact with rotating buckets of the gas turbine. Each of the transition pieces is angled in two planes to effect turning of the products of combustion and to shorten the gas turbine.







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