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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1992
Richard J Borkowicz, Westminster, MD (US);
L Berkley Davis, Jr, Schenectady, NY (US);
Masayoshi Kuwata, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved gas turbine combustor of the type including primary and secondary combustion chambers with a venturi including a throat portion located therebetween; a plurality of primary fuel injection nozzles secured to a combustor cap in an annular array upstream of the primary combustion chamber; and a centerbody including a secondary fuel nozzle, said centerbody extending from said combustor cap to said secondary combustion chamber; the improvement comprising a plurality of tertiary fuel injection nozzles arranged in a circular array about a longitudinal axis of the combustor, at a location downstream of said venturi throat portion, for injecting fuel into the secondary combustion chamber.