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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Hendrik Pieter Jacobus DE Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Mark Allan Hadley, Greer, SC (US);

Joel Meier Haynes, Schenectady, NY (US);

Brian Gene Brzek, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Mark Allan Hadley, Greer, SC (US);

Joel Meier Haynes, Schenectady, NY (US);

Brian Gene Brzek, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/002 (2013.01); F23D 2900/00001 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03043 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01);
Abstract

A combustor and a method for reducing a temperature gradient of a combustor component are provided. The combustor includes a coating applied to at least a portion thereof with the coating serving to alter the emissivity of the at least a portion to which it is applied. The method includes applying a coating on at least one of a combustor liner and a flow sleeve, wherein the coating alters the emissivity exhibited where applied.


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