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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Joel Meador Hall, Mauldin, SC (US);
Sergey Adolfovich Oskin, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Scott Robert Simmons, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joel Meador Hall, Mauldin, SC (US);
Sergey Adolfovich Oskin, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Scott Robert Simmons, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor housing includes an inlet cover plate having a central inlet configured to receive a supply of one of a high BTU content fuel or air and at least one radially-spaced, peripheral fuel inlet configured to receive a supply of a low BTU content fuel. It also includes an outlet cover plate having at least one radially-spaced, peripheral fuel outlet. The combustor housing also includes a peripheral sidewall joining the inlet cover and the outlet cover and enclosing a plenum, the at least one peripheral fuel inlet opening through the inlet cover plate into the plenum and the at least one fuel outlet opening from the plenum through the outlet cover plate. The central inlet opens into at least one conduit which extends away from the central inlet and opens into at least one high BTU content fuel conduit or air supply conduit that is axially aligned with the at least one fuel outlet.