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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hari Ravi Chandra, Bangalore, IN;
Jayanth Sekar, Bangalore, IN;
Gurunath Gandikota, Bangalore, IN;
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A mixing assembly for a combustor includes: a pilot mixer including a pilot housing extending along a mixer centerline and a pilot fuel nozzle; a main mixer surrounding the pilot mixer; a fuel manifold between the pilot and main mixers; a mixer foot extending from a main housing of the main mixer; a main swirler body surrounding the main housing defining a mixing channel between the main housing and the main swirler body; and a main fuel ring in the mixing channel connected to the main housing by main fuel vanes, at least one of the main fuel ring and main fuel vanes including fuel injection ports for discharging fuel into the mixing channel, wherein the fuel injection ports are disposed non-uniformly relative to the mixer centerline, so as to produce a static pressure difference therebetween in response to mixer air flow passing around the main fuel ring.