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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Donald Mark Bailey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Donald Timothy Lemon, Greenville, SC (US);
Kwanwoo Kim, Mason, OH (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Donald Mark Bailey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Donald Timothy Lemon, Greenville, SC (US);
Kwanwoo Kim, Mason, OH (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An endcover assembly for a turbine combustor adapted to support one or more combustor nozzles includes a substantially flat plate having one side which in use, faces a combustion chamber and an opposite side which, in use, faces away from the combustion chamber. At least one fuel passage extends through the substantially flat plate. A fuel manifold porting block is secured to the opposite side of the flat plate with at least one port aligned with the at least one passage. A fuel restrictor insert formed with multiple flow orifices is located between the flat plate and the fuel manifold porting block in alignment with the at least one fuel passage and the at least one port.