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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Bradley Donald Crawley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David William Cihlar, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald James Chila, Greer, SC (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Bradley Donald Crawley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David William Cihlar, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald James Chila, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a gas turbine combustor, which includes a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region, a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner, an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve, and a structure extending between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve. The structure obstructs an airflow path through the air passage. The gas turbine combustor also includes an aerodynamic wake reducer configured to redirect an airflow around the structure to reduce a wake region downstream of the structure.