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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael John Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Azardokht Hajiloo, Greer, SC (US);
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael John Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Azardokht Hajiloo, Greer, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor includes a plurality of tubes arranged in a tube bundle and supported by at least one plate that extends radially within the combustor, wherein each tube includes an upstream end axially separated from a downstream end and provides fluid communication through the tube bundle. A flow conditioner extends upstream from the upstream end of one or more of the plurality of tubes, and a radial passage extends through the flow conditioner. A method for distributing fuel in a combustor including flowing a working fluid through a flow conditioner that extends from a tube that is configured in a tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes and that is supported by at least one plate. The flow conditioner includes at least one radial passage to impart radial swirl to the working fluid. Flowing a fuel through an annular insert that is at least partially surrounded by the flow conditioner.