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Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Krishna Kumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Kaitlin Marie Graham, Greenville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/34 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/346 (2013.01); F23R 3/286 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for use in a gas turbine engine. The method includes the steps of: configuring a downstream injection system within the interior flowpath that includes two injection stages, a first stage and a second stage, wherein the first stage and the second stage are each axially spaced from the other; and circumferentially positioning the injectors of the first stage and the second stage based on: a) a characteristic of an anticipated combustion flow occurring just upstream of the first stage during a mode of operation; and b) the characteristic of an anticipated combustion flow just downstream of the second stage given an anticipated effect of the air and fuel injection from the first stage and the second stage.


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