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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Albany, NY (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christian Xavier Stevenson, Inman, SC (US);
David Kenton Felling, Greenville, SC (US);
Jong Ho Uhm, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Albany, NY (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christian Xavier Stevenson, Inman, SC (US);
David Kenton Felling, Greenville, SC (US);
Jong Ho Uhm, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine includes a main body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an exterior wall that collectively establish at least one fluid delivery plenum, and a plurality of fluid delivery tubes extending through at least a portion of the at least one fluid delivery plenum. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes at least one fluid delivery opening fluidly connected to the at least one fluid delivery plenum. With this arrangement, a first fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one fluid delivery plenum, passed through the at least one fluid delivery opening and mixed with a second fluid flowing through the plurality of fluid delivery tubes prior to being combusted in a combustion chamber of a turbine engine.