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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Donald Mark Bailey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);
Timothy James Purcell, Centerville, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides assemblies for cooling a liquid fuel cartridge unit within a combustor head end. In one embodiment, the cooling is accomplished passively as air from the head end air plenum is directed into a cooling channel radially outward of a liquid fuel delivery conduit. In another embodiment, the cooling of the liquid fuel cartridge unit is accomplished actively as air is directed through a first air flow conduit radially inward of the liquid fuel delivery conduit and then redirected through a second air flow conduit radially outward of the liquid fuel delivery conduit.