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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brian Michael Leinonen, Anderson, SC (US);
George Kalinovich, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F23D 14/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/286 (2013.01); F23D 14/62 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00017 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00018 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49234 (2015.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure include a combustor assembly. The combustor assembly may include one or more fuel plenums. The combustor assembly may also include one or more fuel distribution plates disposed within the fuel plenums. Moreover, the combustor assembly may include a number of mixing tubes disposed at least partially within the fuel plenums and extending through the fuel distribution plates. In certain aspects, the mixing tubes may each include a reduced diameter about the fuel distribution plates to form an annulus therebetween.