公开(公告)号：US20230304665A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18302346

申请日：2023-04-18

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

IPC: F23R3/28 ,  F02C7/264 ,  F23R3/04 ,  F23R3/50 ,  F23D14/64

CPC classification number: F23R3/286 ,  F02C7/264 ,  F23D14/64 ,  F23R3/045 ,  F23R3/50 ,  F05D2240/35 ,  F05D2260/99 ,  F23D2207/00

Abstract: A method of supplying a first fuel and air mixture and a second fuel and air mixture to a combustor. The combustor having a combustion chamber, a dome wall at least partially defining the combustion chamber, at least one fuel cup provided in the dome wall, and at least one ignition tube having an outlet exhausting to the combustion chamber. The method comprising supplying a first flow of compressed air to only the at least one ignition tube, igniting the first fuel and air mixture, supplying the first ignited fuel and air mixture of the combustion chamber, and supplying a second flow of fuel and a second flow of compressed air to the at least one fuel cup.

公开(公告)号：US20230296250A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

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

IPC: F23R3/00

CPC classification number: F23R3/002 ,  F23R2900/03044

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230194095A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17700852

申请日：2022-03-22

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Perumallu Vukanti ,  Pradeep Naik ,  Michael T. Bucaro ,  Ajoy Patra ,  Manampathy G. Giridharan ,  Steven C. Vise ,  R Narasimha Chiranthan ,  Michael A. Benjamin ,  Clayton S. Cooper

IPC: F23R3/38 ,  F02C7/22

CPC classification number: F23R3/38 ,  F02C7/22

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. Increasing efficiency and emission needs require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures and faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.

公开(公告)号：US20230175435A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17457559

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Michael A. Benjamin ,  Manampathy G. Giridharan

IPC: F02C3/22 ,  F02C6/20 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/30

CPC classification number: F02C3/22 ,  F02C6/20 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/30 ,  F05D2240/35

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a hydrogen fuel delivery assembly configured to deliver a hydrogen fuel flow, a compressor section configured to compress air flowing therethrough to provide a compressed air flow, and a combustor including a combustion chamber having a burner length and a burner dome height. The combustion chamber is configured to combust a mixture of the hydrogen fuel flow and the compressed air flow. The combustion chamber can be characterized by a combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches. In more detail, the combustion chamber can be characterized by the combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches at a core air flow parameter between two and one half kN and sixty kN, in which the combustor size rating is a function of the core air flow parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20220412563A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17397396

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Manampathy G. Giridharan ,  Pradeep Naik

IPC: F23R3/28 ,  F23R3/36 ,  F23R3/34

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor for combusting a fuel, and a turbine. Compressed air flows through a combustion liner of the combustor in a bulk airflow direction. The combustor includes a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle. The secondary fuel nozzle is downstream of the primary fuel nozzle in the bulk airflow direction. The primary fuel nozzle is configured to inject a primary portion of the fuel into a primary combustion zone, and the secondary fuel nozzle is configured to inject a secondary portion of the fuel into a secondary combustion zone. The secondary combustion zone is located downstream of the primary combustion zone in the bulk airflow direction. The fuel may be one of diatomic hydrogen fuel and a hydrogen enriched fuel.

公开(公告)号：US20220290862A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17199244

申请日：2021-03-11

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Vishal Sanjay Kediya ,  Pradeep Naik ,  Gregory A. Boardman ,  Manampathy G. Giridharan

IPC: F23R3/28 ,  F02C7/22

Abstract: A mixer for providing a fuel-air mixer to a combustor of an engine. The mixer may include a fuel flow and an air flow entering an interior passage of the mixer. The air flow may be comprised of three separate air flows. The first air flow may be parallel to a central axis of the mixer for pulling the fuel into the interior passage. The second air flow may be inclined with respect to the central axis of the mixer and the third air flow may be tangential to the mixer body. The second air flow and the third air flow may push the fuel flow toward the interior passage and away from the boundary layer flow.

公开(公告)号：US12215870B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18529360

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Manampathy G. Giridharan ,  Pradeep Naik

IPC: F23R3/34 ,  F02C3/20 ,  F02C3/30 ,  F23R3/36 ,  F23R3/00 ,  F23R3/28

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor for combusting a fuel, and a turbine. Compressed air flows through a combustion liner of the combustor in a bulk airflow direction. The combustor includes a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle. The secondary fuel nozzle is downstream of the primary fuel nozzle in the bulk airflow direction. The primary fuel nozzle is configured to inject a primary portion of the fuel into a primary combustion zone, and the secondary fuel nozzle is configured to inject a secondary portion of the fuel into a secondary combustion zone. The secondary combustion zone is located downstream of the primary combustion zone in the bulk airflow direction. The fuel may be one of diatomic hydrogen fuel and a hydrogen enriched fuel.

公开(公告)号：US12085281B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

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

IPC: F23R3/14 ,  F23R3/28

CPC classification number: F23R3/14 ,  F23R3/286

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.

公开(公告)号：US12078100B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17457559

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Michael A. Benjamin ,  Manampathy G. Giridharan

IPC: F02C3/22 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/30 ,  F02C6/20

CPC classification number: F02C3/22 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/30 ,  F02C6/20 ,  F05D2240/35

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a hydrogen fuel delivery assembly configured to deliver a hydrogen fuel flow, a compressor section configured to compress air flowing therethrough to provide a compressed air flow, and a combustor including a combustion chamber having a burner length and a burner dome height. The combustion chamber is configured to combust a mixture of the hydrogen fuel flow and the compressed air flow. The combustion chamber can be characterized by a combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches. In more detail, the combustion chamber can be characterized by the combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches at a core air flow parameter between two and one half kN and sixty kN, in which the combustor size rating is a function of the core air flow parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20240288167A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18660463

申请日：2024-05-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Michael A. Benjamin ,  Manampathy G. Giridharan

IPC: F23R3/28 ,  F02C3/22 ,  F23R3/42

CPC classification number: F23R3/28 ,  F02C3/22 ,  F23R3/42

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a hydrogen fuel delivery assembly configured to deliver a hydrogen fuel flow, a compressor section configured to compress air flowing therethrough to provide a compressed air flow, and a combustor including a combustion chamber having a burner length and a burner dome height. The combustion chamber is configured to combust a mixture of the hydrogen fuel flow and the compressed air flow. The combustion chamber can be characterized by a combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches. In more detail, the combustion chamber can be characterized by the combustor size rating between one inch and seven inches at a core air flow parameter between two and one half kN and sixty kN, in which the combustor size rating is a function of the core air flow parameter.