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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Loveland, OH (US);
Andrei Tristan Evulet, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Glenville, NY (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Balachandar Varatharajan, Loveland, OH (US);
Andrei Tristan Evulet, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertan Yilmaz, Glenville, NY (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for premixing combustion fuel and air within gas turbines. In one embodiment, a combustor includes an upstream mixing panel configured to direct compressed air and combustion fuel through a premixing zone to form a fuel-air mixture. The combustor also includes a downstream mixing panel configured to mix additional combustion fuel with the fuel-air mixture to form a combustion mixture.