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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
William David York, Greer, SC (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
William David York, Greer, SC (US);
Baifang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A premixer is provided and includes a peripheral wall defining a mixing chamber therein through which a flow path for a fluid is defined, a nozzle including an annular splitter plate disposed in the flow path within the mixing chamber, the splitter plate including a trailing edge defined in relation to a predominant direction of fluid flow along the flow path and being formed to define a fuel line therein, which is receptive of oil fuel and an annular array of fuel injectors disposed at the trailing edge, which are each fluidly communicative with the fuel line and configured to inject at least the oil fuel into the flow path with the oil fuel being substantially atomized upon injection or substantially immediately after the injection by interaction with the fluid flowing along the flow path.