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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Keith Cletus Belsom, Laurens, SC (US);
Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Benedict Melton, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Keith Cletus Belsom, Laurens, SC (US);
Lucas John Stoia, Taylors, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combustor includes an upstream surface that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor, a downstream surface that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor and is axially separated from the upstream surface, and a plurality of tubes that extend through the downstream surface. A resonator is upstream from at least one of the tubes, and a fluid passage extends through the resonator and into the least one tube.