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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2007
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskakyuna, NY (US);
Joseph Citeno, Greenville, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskakyuna, NY (US);
Joseph Citeno, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor endcover having at least one fuel circuit and mounted thereto a plurality of pre-mixers and at least one control valve. The at least one control valve is fluidly connected to the at least one fuel circuit and operatively connected to a controller. The controller selectively operates the at least one control valve to deliver fuel through the at least one fuel circuit to the plurality of pre-mixers in order to achieve an enhanced level of operational flexibility by providing individual combustion chamber control.