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Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Bryan Wesley Romig, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);

Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);

Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);

Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);

Inventors:

Bryan Wesley Romig, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);

Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);

Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);

Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F23R 3/36 (2006.01); F23R 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F23R 3/346 (2013.01); F23R 3/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for supplying fuel to a combustor includes a combustion chamber and a fuel nozzle that provides fluid communication into the combustion chamber. A plurality of passages circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber provide fluid communication into the combustion chamber. A liquid fuel plenum provides fluid communication to the plurality of passages. A baffle circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the liquid fuel plenum inside the plurality of passages and forms a plurality of lobes around the liquid fuel plenum.


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