Solar Turbines Inc.

Timothy James Caron

Bruno Enriquez Struck

Robert F Corr

Christopher J Meyer

Alexander Ilich Krichever

Kenneth Gregory Thomas

Vu Phi

Peter Sykes

Danny Gauce

Federico Liberatore

Peter J Skyes

Richard Braeutigam

A diffuser for use in a gas turbine engine, the diffuser having a first wall, a second wall, and a flow separator. The first and second wall define an annular cavity, with the annular cavity having an inlet. The first and second wall also forming a prediffuser that is proximate the inlet, and a dump region distal the inlet. The flow separator extends from the first wall into the annular cavity.

Gas turbine diffuser with flow separator

A combustor liner may include an annular inner liner and an annular outer liner with a plurality of air holes thereon. The outer liner may be positioned circumferentially around the inner liner such that an annular cooling space is defined between the inner and the outer liner. The combustor liner may also include at least one resonator coupled to the outer liner such that a base of the resonator is separated from the outer liner to form a gap with an external surface of the outer liner. The combustor liner may also include a throat extending from the base of the resonator penetrating the inner liner and the outer liner. The combustor liner may further include a grommet assembly that allows for relative thermal expansion between the inner liner and the outer liner proximate the throat.

Gas turbine combustor with mounting for Helmholtz resonators

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Timothy James Caron