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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Richard Barnhart, Jefferson, OH (US);
Joshua Tyler Mook, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/14 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F23R 3/34 (2006.01); F02C 7/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/34 (2013.01); F02C 7/232 (2013.01); F23R 3/14 (2013.01); F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F23D 2900/11101 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00004 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel nozzle apparatus has a centerline axis, and includes: a main fuel injector including an enclosed interior volume in fluid communication with a plurality of fuel ports configured to discharge fuel therefrom; a main fuel conduit disposed upstream of the main fuel injector and configured to supply liquid fuel to the interior volume; and a fluid lock disposed between the main fuel conduit and the main fuel injector, the fluid lock including a plurality of parallel capillary channels.