General Electric Company

Ge Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC

Rajani Kumar Akula

Michael John Hughes

Mark Allan Hadley

Predrag Popovic

Juergen Gerhard Hoffmann

Chetan Babu Velkur

Jayaprakesh Natarajan

Combustors and methods of operation are provided. The combustor includes a combustion liner that defines a combustion chamber and that extends along an axial centerline from a forward end to an aft end. The combustor further includes a center fuel nozzle that extends along the axial centerline at least partially within the combustion chamber. The combustor further includes a plurality of outer fuel nozzles that surround the center fuel nozzle. The plurality of outer fuel nozzles terminates at the forward end. A venturi injector is positioned in the combustor within the combustion chamber downstream of the center fuel nozzle. The combustor further includes an injector that is coupled to the combustion liner and downstream of the venturi injector.

Flex fuel combustor

A fuel injector is provided and includes a first tube, having first and second opposing ends, which is supplied with fuel, and one or more second tubes disposed within the first tube, each of the one or more second tubes being supplied with air and having sidewalls defining injection holes through which the fuel enters the one or more second tubes to mix with the air, and an outlet end of the sidewalls corresponding to the second end of the first tube.

Fuel injector

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Bengaluru, India

Rajani Kumar Akula