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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Prabhat Kumar Tekriwal, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Warren James Mick, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor assembly comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged fuel nozzles, which fuel nozzles have a first end coupled to a combustion chamber and a second end attached to an endcover. The plurality of fuel nozzles define a central region therebetween. A baffle is disposed within the central region. The baffle has an upstream base portion adjacent the endcover and a contoured downstream portion having a width that is smaller with respect to a width of the upstream base portion so as to transition a recirculating flow into a downstream flow to minimize flashback occurrences within the central region.