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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Scott Robert Simmons, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Stephen Robert Thomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Scott Robert Simmons, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Stephen Robert Thomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine includes a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor operatively connected to the turbine. The turbomachine further includes a cap member mounted to the combustor. The cap member includes a first surface and a second surface. A combustion chamber is defined within the combustor. An injection nozzle is supported at the second surface of the cap member. The injection nozzle includes a first end that extends through an inner flow path to a second end. The first end is configured to receive an amount of a first fluid and the second end is configured to receive an amount of a second fluid. A mixture of the first and second fluids is discharged from the second end of the injection nozzle.