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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Donald Mark Bailey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
William Lawrence Byrne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Donald Mark Bailey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
William Lawrence Byrne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor nozzle includes a single-piece swirler. The single-piece swirler includes a center body extending axially along the single-piece swirler, a first fuel passage inside the center body, and a plurality of vanes extending radially from the center body. A method for fabricating a combustor nozzle includes casting a single-piece swirler having a center body and a plurality of vanes extending radially from the center body.