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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Wei Chen, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Fulcher, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Wei Chen, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Fulcher, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine combustor liner assembly includes a combustor liner having upstream and downstream ends; a transition duct attached to the downstream end of the combustor liner; a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner, with a first radial flow passage therebetween; and a first annular inlet at an aft end of the flow sleeve, the inlet provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced, angled flow vanes arranged to swirl air entering the first radial flow passage via the annular inlet.