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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bassam Sabry Mohammad Abd El-Nabi, Guilderland, NY (US);
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel nozzle for use in a turbine engine is provided. The fuel nozzle includes at least one premixer tube including a tube wall and a plurality of perforations defined therein and extending through the tube wall. The plurality of perforations are configured to channel a flow of air therethrough. The fuel nozzle also includes a liquid fuel plenum positioned upstream from the premixer tube, and at least one fuel injector coupled in flow communication with the liquid fuel plenum and the at least one premixer tube. The at least one fuel injector is configured to channel a flow of liquid fuel from the liquid fuel plenum into the premixer tube.