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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Albany, NY (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Albany, NY (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assembling a premixing injector is provided. The method includes providing a centerbody including a center axis and a radially outer surface, and providing an inlet flow conditioner. The inlet flow conditioner includes a radially outer wall, a radially inner wall, and an end wall coupled substantially perpendicularly between the outer wall and the inner wall. Each of the outer wall and the end wall include a plurality of openings defined therein. The outer wall, the inner wall, and the end wall define a first passage therebetween. The method also includes coupling the inlet flow conditioner to the centerbody such that the inlet flow conditioner substantially circumscribes the centerbody, such that the inner wall is substantially parallel to the centerbody outer surface, and such that a second passage is defined between the centerbody outer surface and the inner wall.