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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Narendra Digamber Joshi, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shawn David Wehe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
ShihYang Hsieh, Cohoes, NY (US);
Changjin Yoon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Owen James Sullivan Rickey, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Joseph Douglas Monty, Boxford, MA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor includes a circumferential main combustion chamber and a plurality of air inlets, the plurality of air inlets dispersing air into the circumferential main combustion chamber. The combustor also includes at least one swirl-stabilized pilot burner, which disperses combustion gases into the circumferential main combustion chamber. The air inlets and the swirl-stabilized pilot burner are aligned at least partially in a radial direction and at least partially in a circumferential direction.