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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
David Martin Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald James Chila, Greer, SC (US);
Nishant Govindbhai Parsania, Bangalore, IN;
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Citeno, Greenville, SC (US);
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
David Martin Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald James Chila, Greer, SC (US);
Nishant Govindbhai Parsania, Bangalore, IN;
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Citeno, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a fuel nozzle that includes a fuel injector that includes a fuel port and a premixer tube. The premixer tube includes a wall disposed about a central passage, multiple air ports extending through the wall into the central passage, and a catalytic region. The catalytic region includes a catalyst, disposed inside the wall along the central passage, configured to increase a reaction of fuel and air.