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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2005
John Joseph Lipinski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Paul Ziegler, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Mark Stewart Schroder, Hendersonville, NC (US);
John Joseph Lipinski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Paul Ziegler, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Mark Stewart Schroder, Hendersonville, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor has a flow sleeve and a flow liner defining a generally axial flow direction of compressor discharge air toward combustor burners. A casing is secured to the forward end of the flow sleeve defining an annular plenum along the interior of the flow sleeve. Openings through the flow sleeve supply compressor discharge air into the plenum where the air changes direction for flow through apertures into and generally coaxially with the free air stream. The axial injection minimizes or eliminates energy losses due to cross flow injection within the axial air stream while continuing to cool the liner.