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Michael Anthony Benjamin

Pradeep Naik

Steven Clayton Vise

Perumallu Vukanti

Honggang Wang

Clayton Stuart Cooper

Hiranya Kumar Nath

Michael Terry Bucaro

Manampathy Gangadharan Giridharan

Alfred Albert Mancini

Richard Louis Hart

R Narasimha Chiranthan

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger

Ajoy Patra

Karthikeyan Sampath

Seung-Hyuck Hong

Saket Singh

Nayan Vinodbhai Patel

Shai Birmaher

Hejie Li

Joseph Zelina

Sibtosh Pal

Duane Douglas Thomsen

Nicholas Ryan Overman

Brandon Wayne Miller

Sripathi Mohan

Gurunath Gandikota

Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade

Gregory Allen Boardman

Joshua Tyler Mook

Stefan Joseph Cafaro

Daniel J Kirtley

Marie Ann McMasters

Ramon Martinez

Varun Swaminathan Lakshmanan

Sean James Henderson

Anil Raj Duggal

Joel Meier Haynes

Eric Richard Westervelt

Veeraraju Vanapalli

Andrew Joseph Wickersham

Robert Jon McQuiston

Krishnakumar Venkatesan

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo

Arthur William Sibbach

Lawrence Bernard Kool

Kwanwoo Kim

Allen Michael Danis

Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej

Paul Burchell Glaser

Eric John Stevens

Hari Ravi Chandra

Rameshkumar Muthuvel Chandrasekaran

Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj

Randy M Vondrell

Craig Alan Gonyou

David Richard Barnhart

Anquan Wang

Mark Richard Shaw

Shih-Yang Hsieh

Beverly Stephenson Duncan

Deepak Ghiya

Jayanth Sekar

Mayank Krisna Amble

Vishal Sanjay Kediya

Aaron J Glaser

Thomas George Holland

Ryan St Pierre

Narendra Digamber Joshi

Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala

Arthur Wesley Johnson

Kum Kang Huh

Jeffrey Eliot Chottiner

Hukam Chand Mongia

Donald Lee Gardner

Brian Lewis Devendorf

David Justin Brady

Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan

Karthick Vilapakkam Gourishankar

Mark David Durbin

Jeffrey Michael Martini

Richard Wade Stickles

Steven Joseph Lohmueller

Sarah Marie Monahan

William Thomas Ross

Dharmaraj Pachaiappan

George Chia-Chun Hsiao

Randall Charles Boehm

Hojjat Nasr

Owen James Sullivan Rickey

Arundhati Sengupta

Arvind Kumar Rao

Aritra Chakraborty

Bhavya Naidu Panduri

Pabitra Badhuk

Mirko Gernone

Koji Asari

Kevin Vandevoorde

Sanjay Kumar Sondhi

Narayanan Janakiraman

A gas turbine engine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in a serial flow arrangement, with the combustion section comprising a combustor liner that at least partially defines a combustion chamber; and a gaseous fuel nozzle assembly, comprising: a steam supply to supply steam; a hydrogen fuel supply to supply gaseous hydrogen fuel; and a fuel nozzle body fluidly coupled with the steam supply and the hydrogen fuel supply.

Gas turbine and fuel nozzle assembly for mixing hydrogen fuel and steam to control flame speed

A gas turbine engine includes a hydrogen fuel delivery assembly configured to deliver a hydrogen fuel flow, a compressor section configured to compress air flowing therethrough to provide a compressed air flow, and a combustor including a combustion chamber having a burner length and a burner dome height. The combustion chamber is configured to combust a mixture of the hydrogen fuel flow and the compressed air flow. The combustion chamber can be characterized by a combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches. In more detail, the combustion chamber can be characterized by the combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches at a core air flow parameter between two and one half kN and sixty kN, in which the combustor size rating is a function of the core air flow parameter.

Combustor size rating for a gas turbine engine using hydrogen fuel

A turbine engine includes a compressor section for providing a compressed air flow, a fuel system for providing a primary combustor fuel supply, and a secondary combustor fuel supply. A primary combustor, located downstream of the compressor section, combusts the compressed air flow and the primary combustor fuel supply to generate primary combustion products. A turbine section, located downstream of the primary combustor, includes a turbine and a secondary combustor that further combusts the primary combustion products and the fuel from the secondary combustor fuel supply. A steam system provides a steam supply to the secondary combustor. The secondary combustor further combusts the primary combustion products and the secondary combustor fuel supply to generate secondary combustion products, and the turbine section is rotated by the secondary combustor steam supply and the inter-turbine combustion products.

Sequential combustion gas turbine engine including a steam system for injecting steam to each combustor

A turbine engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the turbine, which drives the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. Increasing efficiency and carbon-containing emission needs benefit from the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.

Engine fuel nozzle and swirler

A fuel supply system for a combustion section of a turbine engine. The turbine engine including a heat source. The fuel supply system comprising a first fuel supply having a liquid fuel, a second fuel supply having a first gaseous fuel, and a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the first fuel supply and the heat source. The heat exchanger producing a heat sufficient to change the liquid fuel to a second gaseous fuel that is the same type of fuel as the first gaseous fuel.

Fuel supply system for a combustor

A method for operating a propulsion system for an aircraft, the propulsion system including a gas turbine engine and a fuel cell assembly, the fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell stack having a fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove output products from the fuel cell during operation, the method including: executing a startup sequence for the fuel cell assembly, wherein executing the startup sequence for the fuel cell assembly includes initiating the startup sequence for the fuel cell assembly; executing a startup sequence for the gas turbine engine, wherein executing the startup sequence for the gas turbine engine comprises initiating the startup sequence for the gas turbine engine subsequent to initiating the startup sequence for the fuel cell assembly; and operating the fuel cell assembly to provide output products to a combustion section of the gas turbine engine.

Systems and method of operating a fuel cell assembly

A turbine engine has a compression section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. The combustion section has a combustion liner and dome wall collectively forming at least a portion of a combustion chamber. The combustion section has a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly has a compressed air tube, and a body. The body defining a gaseous fuel channel exhausting into the combustion chamber.

Turbine engine having a combustion section with a fuel nozzle assembly

A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.

Methods of control for management of hot fuel

A coupling assembly for a turbine engine. The coupling assembly includes a cold side component, a hot side component, and a fastening mechanism. The cold side component and the hot side component together at least partially form a combustion chamber. The fastening mechanism couples the hot side component to the cold side component. The fastening mechanism includes a stud disposed through the cold side component and a cap positioned on the stud. The cap defines a hollow interior and includes one or more first cap cooling holes. The one or more first cap cooling holes operably direct cooling air into the hollow interior such that the hollow interior provides a cushion of air between the combustion chamber and the stud.

Coupling assembly for a turbine engine

A combustor includes a combustion chamber and an annular dome. The combustion chamber includes an outer liner and an inner liner and has a combustion zone. The annular dome is coupled to the outer liner and the inner liner. A plurality of mixing assemblies operably injects a fuel-air mixture into the combustion zone of the combustion chamber to produce combustion gases. A combustor steam system is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The combustor steam system includes a steam path defined by at least one of the outer liner, the inner liner, or the annular dome. The combustor steam system operably directs steam through the steam path from the at least one of the outer liner, the inner liner, or the annular dome and into the combustion chamber.

Combustor

A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.

Combustor with dilution openings

A combustor of a turbine engine has a combustion chamber for combusting fuel and air, generating heat. A fuel nozzle-mixer assembly mixes and injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber for combustion. The assembly has a heat shield at an aft end for shielding the assembly from the heat. A centerbody outer shell defines a cooling air flow cavity. A cooling air flow gap is defined between the centerbody outer shell and the heat shield. The centerbody outer shell has cooling air exit holes between the cooling air flow cavity and the cooling air flow gap, the air passing through the cooling air exit holes and into the cooling air flow gap. The cooling air exits the cooling air flow gap at a cooling air exit angle, the cooling air exit angle having a non-zero axially aft component, displacing the combustion downstream, to protect the assembly.

Turbine engine combustor including a heat shield

A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the turbomachine further including an outer casing and, during operation of the gas turbine engine, an exhaust gas flow from the turbine section; and a fuel cell assembly positioned within the outer casing of the turbomachine, the fuel cell assembly having a fuel cell defining an inlet positioned to receive a portion of the exhaust gas flow, an outlet positioned to provide output products directly to the exhaust gas flow, or both.

Gas turbine engine and fuel cell assembly

A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the turbomachine further including an outer casing; a fuel cell assembly positioned within the outer casing of the turbomachine, the fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell and an output products line in fluid communication with an outlet of the fuel cell for receiving output products from the fuel cell; a fuel delivery assembly including a fuel line; and a reformer in communication with the fuel line and the output products from the fuel cell during operation of the gas turbine engine to convert a fuel flow through the fuel line to a hydrogen rich gas.

An integrated fuel cell and combustor assembly includes a combustor that is fluidly coupled with at least one upstream compressor that generates compressed air. A fuel cell stack having a cathode and an anode is fluidly coupled to the combustor. The fuel cell stack is configured to receive intake fuel and a portion of the compressed air as intake air, to generate a fuel cell power output using the intake fuel and the intake air, and to direct a fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into the combustor. A self-reliant air supply system is fluidly coupled with the at least one upstream compressor and the fuel cell stack, and is configured to supply the intake air to the fuel cell stack. A fault-tolerant controller is configured to detect a transient event within the combustor and to control the self-reliant air supply system during the transient event.

Integrated fuel cell and combustor assembly

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Michael Anthony Benjamin