US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Oct. 27 for "Gas turbine engine dual fuel combustor and method of operation" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,813, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Gas turbine engine dual fuel combustor and method of operation" was invented by Nadia Swaby (York, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided that includes an annular combustor shell, a plurality of fuel nozzles, a rotary fuel slinger, and a plurality of first igniters. The annular combustor shell includes front and rear annular liners that collectively form the combustor shell and define a combustion chamber that includes inner and outer radial combustion zones. The fuel nozzles are engaged with the ...