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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2023
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology Llc, Greenville, SC (US);
Michael John Hughes, State College, PA (US);
Jonathan Dwight Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Homayoon Feiz, Greenville, SC (US);
Sven Bethke, Greenville, SC (US);
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises: a head end section defining a head end plenum and containing a fuel nozzle assembly; and a liner extending downstream from the head end section to an aft frame and defining a combustion chamber therein. First injectors, disposed at a first axial location, direct a first fuel/air mixture through the liner. Second injectors, disposed at a different, second axial location, direct a second fuel/air mixture through the liner. Each of the head end section, the first injectors, and the second injectors receives a respective air supply from a compressor discharge plenum that at least partially surrounds the combustor. The respective air supplies are directed to only one of the fuel nozzle assembly, the first injectors, and the second injectors. The first injectors and the second injectors receive more than 50% of the air supply from the compressor discharge plenum.