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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2006
Samer P. Wasif, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert J. Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
Samer P. Wasif, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert J. Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A gas sleeve () for a combustor () of gas turbine engine () attaches to a support housing () of the combustor () to convey a fuel gas and to fit within a fuel rocket (). The gas sleeve () comprises a plurality of apertures () formed to provide impingement cooling. The apertures () comprise a tilt angle directed toward a structure in need of impingement cooling, for instance a weld joint () that attaches the fuel rocket () to the support housing (). The apertures () additionally may comprise a rotational angle effective to create a rotationally swirling flow of the portion of fuel gas that passes through the apertures (). A method of operation using this structure also is provided.