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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Zelina, Waynesville, OH (US);
Sibtosh Pal, Mason, OH (US);
Arthur Wesley Johnson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clayton Stuart Cooper, Loveland, OH (US);
Steven Clayton Vise, Loveland, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a propulsion system including a wall defining a combustion chamber inlet, a combustion chamber outlet, and a combustion chamber therebetween, a nozzle assembly disposed at the combustion chamber inlet, the nozzle assembly configured to provide a fuel/oxidizer mixture to the combustion chamber, a turbine nozzle coupled to the wall and positioned at the combustion chamber outlet, wherein the turbine nozzle defines a cooling circuit within the turbine nozzle, and a casing positioned radially adjacent to the wall, wherein a channel structure is positioned between the casing and the wall, the channel structure in fluid communication with the cooling circuit within the turbine nozzle, and wherein a flowpath is formed between the wall and the casing, the flowpath in fluid communication from the cooling circuit at the turbine nozzle to the nozzle assembly to provide a flow of oxidizer to the thereto.