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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Walter R. Laster, Oviedo, FL (US);
Peter Szedlacsek, Winter Park, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for lean/rich combustion in a gas turbine engine (), which includes a combustor (), a transition () and a combustor extender () that is positioned between the combustor () and the transition () to connect the combustor () to the transition (). Openings () are formed along an outer surface () of the combustor extender (). The gas turbine () also includes a fuel manifold () to extend along the outer surface () of the combustor extender (), with fuel nozzles () to align with the respective openings (). A method () for axial stage combustion in the gas turbine engine () is also presented.