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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ajoy Patra, Bengaluru, IN;
Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru, IN;
Perumallu Vukanti, Bengaluru, IN;
Michael T. Bucaro, Arvada, CO (US);
R Narasimha Chiranthan, Bengaluru, IN;
Manampathy G. Giridharan, Evendale, OH (US);
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clayton S. Cooper, Evendale, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of supplying a first fuel and air mixture and a second fuel and air mixture to a combustor. The combustor having a combustion chamber, a dome wall at least partially defining the combustion chamber, at least one fuel cup provided in the dome wall, and at least one ignition tube having an outlet exhausting to the combustion chamber. The method comprising supplying a first flow of compressed air to only the at least one ignition tube, igniting the first fuel and air mixture, supplying the first ignited fuel and air mixture of the combustion chamber, and supplying a second flow of fuel and a second flow of compressed air to the at least one fuel cup.