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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hari Ravi Chandra, Bangalore, IN;
Arvind Kumar Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Shai Birmaher, West Chester, OH (US);
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, including: a pilot mixer and a pilot fuel nozzle; a main mixer including: a main housing surrounding the pilot mixer; a fuel manifold positioned between the pilot housing and the main housing; a mixer foot extending outward from a forward end of the main housing; a main swirler body surrounding the main housing such that an annular mixing channel is defined between the main housing and the main swirler body, and coupled to the mixer foot; and a main fuel ring in the mixing channel downstream of the mixer foot connected to the main housing by main fuel vanes, at least one of the main fuel ring and the main fuel vanes including fuel injection ports positioned to discharge fuel into a central portion of the mixing channel, wherein the mixer foot extends farther from the main housing than the main fuel ring.