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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Jerome Foust, West Chester, OH (US);
Hukam Chand Mongia, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/26 ;
Abstract
A combustor for a gas turbine engine operates with low nitrous oxide emissions during engine operations. The combustor includes a center mixer assembly and a second mixer assembly radially outward from the center mixer assembly. The center mixer assembly includes a pilot fuel injector, a swirler, and an air splitter, and the second mixer assembly includes a plurality of mixers that include a swirler, an atomizer, and a venturi. A combustor fuel delivery system includes a pilot fuel circuit to supply fuel to the center mixer assembly and a main fuel circuit to supply fuel to the second mixer assembly.