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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Almaz Kamilevich Valeev, Moscow, RU;
James Harold Westmoreland, Iii, Greer, SC (US);
Keith C. Belsom, Laurens, SC (US);
John Alfred Simo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Almaz Kamilevich Valeev, Moscow, RU;
James Harold Westmoreland, III, Greer, SC (US);
Keith C. Belsom, Laurens, SC (US);
John Alfred Simo, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor () includes a cap (), a liner (), a transition piece (), and a combustion chamber () located downstream from the cap () and defined by the cap and liner. A secondary nozzle () circumferentially arranged around the liner () or transition piece () includes a center body, a fluid passage through the center body, a shroud circumferentially surrounding the center body, and an annular passage between the center body and the shroud. A method for supplying fuel to a combustor () includes flowing fuel through a primary nozzle radially disposed in a breech end of the combustor and flowing fuel through a secondary nozzle () circumferentially arranged around and passing through at least one of a liner () or a transition piece. The secondary nozzle () includes a center body, a fluid passage through the center body, a shroud circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the center body (), and an annular passage between the center body and the shroud.