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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Jong Ho Uhm, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
William David York, Greer, SC (US);
Jong Ho Uhm, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas Edward Johnson, Greer, SC (US);
William David York, Greer, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor includes a tube bundle that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor. The tube bundle includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A plurality of tubes extends from the upstream surface through the downstream surface, and each tube provides fluid communication through the tube bundle. A baffle extends axially inside the tube bundle between adjacent tubes. A method for distributing fuel in a combustor includes flowing a fuel into a fuel plenum defined at least in part by an upstream surface, a downstream surface, a shroud, and a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream surface to the downstream surface. The method further includes impinging the fuel against a baffle that extends axially inside the fuel plenum between adjacent tubes.