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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Timothy A. Fox, Ontario, CA;
David J. Wiebe, Orlando, FL (US);
David M. Ritland, Winter Park, FL (US);
John Carl Glessner, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Timothy A. Fox, Ontario, CA;
David J. Wiebe, Orlando, FL (US);
David M. Ritland, Winter Park, FL (US);
John Carl Glessner, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A combustion apparatus in a gas turbine engine comprises a combustor shell for receiving air, a fuel injection system associated with the combustor shell, a first fuel supply structure, and a shield structure. The fuel supply structure is in fluid communication with a source of fuel for delivering fuel from the source of fuel to the fuel injection system and comprises a first fuel supply elements including a first section extending along a first path having a component in an axial direction and a second section extending from the first section along a second path having a component in a circumferential direction. The shield structure is associated with at least a portion of the second section of the first fuel supply element.