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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel B Williams, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Williams International, Co. L.L.C., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60737 ; 60760 ;
Abstract
A fuel-air distribution manifold for a gas turbine engine having an annular combustor surrounds the shaft of the engine and comprises a gas distribution annulus surrounding an air distribution annulus having a plurality of fuel-air mixing channels radially aligned with nozzles on the gas annulus, respectively, and communicating with the engine combustor. A fuel duct conducts a gaseous fuel only to the gas distribution annulus and an air duct conducts air only to the air annulus.