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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Baifang Zuo, Greenville, SC (US);
Derrick Simons, Greenville, SC (US);
William York, Greenville, SC (US);
Willy S. Ziminsky, Greenville, SC (US);
Baifang Zuo, Greenville, SC (US);
Derrick Simons, Greenville, SC (US);
William York, Greenville, SC (US);
Willy S. Ziminsky, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor may include an interior flow path therethrough, a number of fuel nozzles in communication with the interior flow path, and an inlet guide vane system positioned about the interior flow path to create a swirled flow therein. The inlet guide vane system may include a number of windows positioned circumferentially around the fuel nozzles. The inlet guide vane system may also include a number of inlet guide vanes positioned circumferentially around the fuel nozzles and adjacent to the windows to create a swirled flow within the interior flow path.