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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
Donald Mark Bailey, Greenville, SC (US);
Abdul Rafey Khan, Greenville, SC (US);
Mohan Krishna Bobba, Greenville, SC (US);
Donald Mark Bailey, Greenville, SC (US);
Abdul Rafey Khan, Greenville, SC (US);
Mohan Krishna Bobba, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A swirler assembly in a gas turbine combustor includes a hub, a shroud, and a plurality of vanes connected between the hub and the shroud. The vanes include a high pressure side on which air and fuel impinge the vanes and a low pressure side. An air circuit is provided in each of the plurality of vanes receiving discharge air from a compressor. Each of the air circuits includes an air entry passage into the vanes and an air exit passage on the low pressure side of the vanes.