Combustor Designs for Small Engines : 16th Cliff Garrett Turbomachinery Award

16th Cliff Garrett Turbomachinery Award Lecture. The unique demands for small engine combustor designs are described.

Design trade studies which led to the choice of the axial combustor configuration, are discussed.

Subsequent advanced technologies for compressor discharge diffuser design, fuel atomization, and combustor liner cooling, have been developed and applied to modern small engine designs.

These features have been embodied, and field proven, in modern production engines.