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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Greenvville, SC (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Greenvville, SC (US);
Patrick Benedict Melton, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application and the resulting patent provide a pre-nozzle mixing cap assembly positioned about a cap member of a combustor for mixing a flow of air and a flow of fuel. The pre-nozzle mixing cap assembly may include a fuel plenum in communication with the flow of fuel and a number of tubes in communication with the flow of air and extending through the fuel plenum. Each of the tubes may include a number of fuel holes therein such that the flow of fuel in the fuel plenum passes through the fuel holes and mixes with the flow of air.