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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Arthur Wesley Johnson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard W. Stickles, Loveland, OH (US);
Willard J. Dodds, McMinnville, OR (US);
David L. Burrus, Montgomery, OH (US);
Arthur Wesley Johnson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard W. Stickles, Loveland, OH (US);
Willard J. Dodds, McMinnville, OR (US);
David L. Burrus, Montgomery, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to facilitate reducing NOemissions in turbine engines is provided. The method includes providing an annular shell including a plurality of circumferentially extending panels. The plurality of circumferentially extending panels includes a first panel positioned at an upstream end of the shell and a second panel positioned downstream from, and adjacent to, the first panel. The method also includes forming a plurality of primary dilution holes in the first panel and forming a plurality of secondary dilution holes in the second panel. The dilution holes are configured to discharge dilution air into the shell.