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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Timothy James Purcell, Greenville, SC (US);
Bruno Schuermans, La Tour de Peilz, CH;
Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);
Sven Georg Bethke, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/286 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel nozzle assembly includes a fuel plenum for delivering fuel to a combustion zone of a combustor. At least one narrow-band acoustic damper is provided in the fuel nozzle assembly. The narrow-band acoustic damper is tuned to dampen pressure oscillations within the combustor. The narrow-band acoustic damper may be a quarter-wave tube mounted to a cap plate within or adjacent to the fuel nozzle assembly.