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公开(公告)号:US12130013B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17396155
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven C. Vise , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Pradeep Naik , Kwanwoo Kim , Shai Birmaher , Perumallu Vukanti , Saket Singh , Karthikeyan Sampath
CPC classification number: F23D11/383 , B05B7/10
Abstract: A swirler-ferrule assembly includes a radial swirler, a ferrule, a fuel nozzle, and a surface feature. The radial swirler includes a primary swirler vane having a primary air passage and a secondary swirler vane having a secondary air passage. The ferrule may be connected to the radial swirler. The surface feature may be located on the primary swirler vane and/or the ferrule. The surface feature may be configured to direct an air flow through the primary air passage away from a recirculation zone located upstream of the primary swirler vane. The surface feature has a trailing end and a distal end, and the fuel nozzle is axially aligned with the trailing end of the surface feature or is located axially downstream of the trailing end of the surface feature. The surface feature may have a plurality of grooves.
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公开(公告)号:US20230366551A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US18350205
申请日:2023-07-11
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Perumallu Vukanti , Pradeep Naik , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Michael T. Bucaro , Manampathy G. Giridharan , Steven C. Vise , Ajoy Patra , Saket Singh , R Narasimha Chiranthan
Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion, which can supply a primary fuel supply and a secondary fuel supply. Increasing efficiency and reducing emission require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures or burn at faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.
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公开(公告)号:US20230194088A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US17686800
申请日:2022-03-04
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Manampathy G. Giridharan , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Steven C. Vise , Michael T. Bucaro , Ajoy Patra , Pradeep Naik , Perumallu Vukanti , R Narasimha Chiranthan
CPC classification number: F23R3/06 , F23R3/286 , F23R2900/03044
Abstract: A turbine engine and method for controlling nitrogen oxides present within a combustor of the turbine engine. The turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. The combustion section having a combustor liner having a first end, a second end, opposing the first end, and at least partially defining a combustion chamber extending between the first and second ends. A dome assembly is mounted to the combustor liner at the first end and defines a dome inlet of the combustion chamber. There are multiple sets of dilution holes including a first set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner downstream from the dome inlet and a second set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner between the first set of dilution holes and the dome inlet.
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公开(公告)号:US11649966B1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-16
申请号:US17689070
申请日:2022-03-08
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Ajoy Patra , Pradeep Naik , Perumallu Vukanti , Michael T. Bucaro , R Narasimha Chiranthan , Manampathy G. Giridharan , Michael A. Benjamin , Clayton S. Cooper
CPC classification number: F23R3/286 , F02C7/264 , F23D14/64 , F23R3/045 , F23R3/50 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2260/99 , F23D2207/00
Abstract: A turbine engine having a combustion section. The combustion section can have a combustor, at least one fuel cup, and at least one ignition tube. The combustor can include a combustor liner and a dome wall, which together at least partially define a combustion chamber. The at least one fuel cup can include a swirler and a fuel injector. The at least one ignition tube can include an outlet directly fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20220412550A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17396155
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven C. Vise , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Pradeep Naik , Kwanwoo Kim , Shai Birmaher , Perumallu Vukanti , Saket Singh , Karthikeyan Sampath
Abstract: A swirler-ferrule assembly includes a radial swirler, a ferrule, a fuel nozzle, and a surface feature. The radial swirler includes a primary swirler vane having a primary air passage and a secondary swirler vane having a secondary air passage. The ferrule may be connected to the radial swirler. The surface feature may be located on the primary swirler vane and/or the ferrule. The surface feature may be configured to direct an air flow through the primary air passage away from a recirculation zone located upstream of the primary swirler vane. The surface feature has a trailing end and a distal end, and the fuel nozzle is axially aligned with the trailing end of the surface feature or is located axially downstream of the trailing end of the surface feature. The surface feature may have a plurality of grooves.
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公开(公告)号:US20180128490A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-10
申请号:US15343634
申请日:2016-11-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Gregory Allen Boardman , Pradeep Naik , Manampathy Gangadharan Giridharan , David Albin Lind , Jeffrey Michael Martini , Clayton S. Cooper
CPC classification number: F23R3/286 , F23R3/04 , F23R3/14 , F23R3/283 , Y02T50/675
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector for a gas turbine engine. The fuel injector includes an end wall, a centerbody, an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody from the end wall toward the downstream end of the fuel injector, and a thermal management conduit. The centerbody includes an axially extended outer wall and inner wall extended from the end wall toward a downstream end of the fuel injector. The outer wall, the inner wall, and the end wall together define a fluid conduit extended in a first direction toward the downstream end of the fuel injector and in a second direction toward an upstream end of the fuel injector. The outer sleeve and the centerbody define a premix passage radially therebetween and an outlet at the downstream end of the premix passage. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented first air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a first axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented second air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a second axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve further defines a first fluid passage arranged between each first air inlet port and extended from the end wall. A fluid passage wall extends from the end wall within the first fluid passage to define a second fluid passage extended from the end wall within the first fluid passage. The outer sleeve further defines a first injection port in fluid communication with the first fluid passage and a second injection port in fluid communication with the second fluid passage. The thermal management conduit is defined by the fluid communication of the fluid conduit and the first fluid passage and the thermal communication of the second fluid passage in adjacent arrangement with the first fluid passage.
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公开(公告)号:US12222104B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-11
申请号:US17740443
申请日:2022-05-10
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Manampathy G. Giridharan , Michael T. Bucaro , Pradeep Naik , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Steven C. Vise , Ajoy Patra , Perumallu Vukanti , R Narasimha Chiranthan
Abstract: A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustor liner at least partially defining a combustion chamber. The combustor liner can include at least one aperture fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20250035304A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-30
申请号:US18913347
申请日:2024-10-11
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven C. Vise , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Pradeep Naik , Kwanwoo Kim , Shai Birmaher , Perumallu Vukanti , Saket Singh , Karthikeyan Sampath
Abstract: A swirler-ferrule assembly includes a radial swirler, a ferrule, a fuel nozzle, and a surface feature. The radial swirler includes a primary swirler vane having a primary air passage and a secondary swirler vane having a secondary air passage. The ferrule may be connected to the radial swirler. The surface feature may be located on the primary swirler vane and/or the ferrule. The surface feature may be configured to direct an air flow through the primary air passage away from a recirculation zone located upstream of the primary swirler vane. The surface feature has a trailing end and a distal end, and the fuel nozzle is axially aligned with the trailing end of the surface feature or is located axially downstream of the trailing end of the surface feature. The surface feature may have a plurality of grooves.
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公开(公告)号:US12173898B1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-24
申请号:US18486368
申请日:2023-10-13
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Pradeep Naik , Joseph Zelina , Sripathi Mohan , Perumallu Vukanti , Clayton S. Cooper , Michael A. Benjamin , Steven C. Vise , Karthikeyan Sampath
Abstract: A turbine engine with a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. A combustion section for the turbine engine, having a primary combustor liner including an inner liner and an outer liner annular about an engine centerline. A dome wall extending between the inner liner and the outer liner. A set of primary dome inlets located in the dome wall and circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline. A set of secondary combustors fluidly coupled to a primary combustion chamber, the set of secondary combustors including a first mini combustor and a second mini combustor.
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公开(公告)号:US11940151B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17694978
申请日:2022-03-15
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Michael T. Bucaro , Clayton S. Cooper
Abstract: A turbine engine and associated methods for a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor with a combustor liner having dilution openings and a geometry that changes along an axial direction. The combustor further having a baffle surrounding a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber of the combustor. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides within the combustor, including injecting compressed air into the annular combustion chamber through any of the dilution openings described herein.
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