Robert E. Coburn - Mansfield Center CT Ronald M. Gabriel - Glastonbury CT Richard S. Tuthill - Bolton CT
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT
International Classification:
B05B 710
US Classification:
239400
Abstract:
An annulus formed in the nut of a fuel nozzle to collect, distribute and atomize water droplets fed into the fuel nozzle for increased thrust produced by a turbine type power plant powering aircraft is discretely formed adjacent the discharge juncture point and discharged angularly into and with respect to the fuel spray emitted into the combustion zone for smoke reduction purposes.