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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Alan S. Feitelberg, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kevin Michael Elward, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Robert Lee Hillis, Oneonta, NY (US);
Milton Bradford Hilt, Sloansville, NY (US);
John Francis Love, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Roointon Erach Pavri, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard Benjamin Schiefer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Richard Arthur Symonds, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schnectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An optimized combustor cooperating with a compressor in driving a gas turbine comprises a cylindrical outer combustor wall having an upstream fuel entry region and a downstream turbine entry region. An array of mixing holes are disposed about the periphery of the outer combustor wall adjacent to the fuel entry region so as to lower No,production therein. An array of dilution holes are medially disposed within the outer combustor wall to provide an entry for dilution air to the combustor.