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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Prithiviraaj Pet T, Madurai, IN;
Karthikeyan Sampath, Bengaluru, IN;
Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru, IN;
Pabitra Badhuk, Jhargram, IN;
Aritra Chakraborty, Kolkata, IN;
Sibtosh Pal, Mason, OH (US);
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael T. Bucaro, Arvada, CO (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine, comprising: a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in a serial flow arrangement, with the combustion section comprising: a combustor liner that at least partially defines a combustion chamber; and a fuel-air mixer fluidly coupled with the combustion chamber and comprising: a mixing tube defining a mixing channel including a mixing tube inlet, a mixing tube outlet fluidly coupled with the combustion chamber, and a mixing channel centerline, the mixing tube inlet including a fuel inlet to receive fuel and an air inlet to receive air; a first set of air jets fluidly coupled with the mixing channel and axially spaced downstream of the mixing tube inlet; and a second set of air jets fluidly coupled with the mixing channel and axially spaced downstream of the first set of air jets.