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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Matthew P. Berkebile, Mauldin, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Vincent Pawlowski, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Krishnakumar Pallikara Gopalan, Bangalore, IN;
Marcus Byron Huffman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Matthew P. Berkebile, Mauldin, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Vincent Pawlowski, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Krishnakumar Pallikara Gopalan, Bangalore, IN;
Marcus Byron Huffman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor includes a combustion chamber and an interior wall circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the combustion chamber and defining an exterior surface. A plurality of turbulators are on the exterior surface. The combustor further includes means for preferentially directing fluid flow across a predetermined position of the turbulators. A method for cooling a combustion chamber includes locating a plurality of turbulators to an exterior surface of the combustion chamber and preferentially directing fluid flow across a predetermined position of the plurality of turbulators.