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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ronald James Chila, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Gregory Allen Boardman, Greer, SC (US);
James Harold Westmoreland, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a multi-tube fuel nozzle of a turbine combustor. The multi-tube fuel nozzle includes a support structure defining an interior volume configured to receive an air flow; a plurality of mixing tubes disposed within the interior volume, wherein each of the plurality of mixing tubes comprises a respective fuel injector; and an outer annular wall configured to direct an air flow from an annulus between a liner and a flow sleeve of the turbine combustor at least partially radially inward into the interior volume through an air inlet and toward the plurality of mixing tubes, wherein the outer annular wall at least partially defines an air flow passage extending from the annulus to the interior volume.
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