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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Karthick Kaleeswaran, Bangalore, IN;
Kodukulla Venkat Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;
James Butts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bhaskara Rao Atchuta, Bangalore, IN;
Prabhu Kumar Ippadi Siddagangaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Karthick Kaleeswaran, Bangalore, IN;
Kodukulla Venkat Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;
James Butts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bhaskara Rao Atchuta, Bangalore, IN;
Prabhu Kumar Ippadi Siddagangaiah, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A venturi assembly for a turbine combustor includes a first outer annular wall and a second intermediate annular wall radially spaced from each other in substantially concentric relationship. The first outer annular wall and said second intermediate annular wall shaped to define a forward, substantially V-shaped throat region, and an aft, axially extending portion. A third radially innermost annular wall is connected to the second intermediate annular wall at an aft end of said throat region. A first plurality of apertures is provided in the first outer annular wall in the substantially V-shaped throat region, and a second plurality of apertures is provided in the aft, axially extending portion of said second intermediate annular wall so that cooling air flows through the first and second pluralities of apertures to impingement cool the third radially innermost annular wall.