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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Svetlana Selezneva, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mohamed Rahmane, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Andrey Meshkov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Karim Younsi, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Mark Wayne McWaters, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Philip Nose Alberti, Jacksonville, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine system includes a combustor casing having an interior-establishing wall, and a chamber extending to the interior-establishing wall. In addition, the combustor includes an igniter assembly disposed within the chamber such that a tip of the igniter assembly is positioned radially outwardly from the interior-establishing wall. The igniter assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. In addition, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a minimum cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode.