公开(公告)号：US20230194091A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17682373

申请日：2022-02-28

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: F23D14/70 ,  F23D14/58 ,  F23D14/62 ,  F23R3/28

CPC classification number: F23D14/70 ,  F23D14/58 ,  F23D14/62 ,  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：US20220373181A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17325938

申请日：2021-05-20

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Joseph Zelina ,  Clayton S. Cooper ,  Michael T. Bucaro ,  Steven C. Vise ,  John Thomas Herbon

IPC: F23R3/10 ,  F02C3/14

Abstract: A combustor for a turbine engine is provided, the combustor includes an outer liner, an inner liner and a dome that together define a combustion chamber; a diffuser positioned upstream of the combustion chamber, the diffuser being configured to receive air flow from a compressor section and to provide a flow of compressed air to the combustion chamber; and an outer cowl and an inner cowl located upstream of the combustion chamber, the outer cowl and the inner cowl being configured to direct a portion of air flow from the diffuser to the combustion chamber. The diffuser is configured to output air flow having an amount of air pressure maximized at a center of the air flow so as to optimize total air pressure fed to the combustion chamber through the dome.

公开(公告)号：US11486262B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17191566

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Andrew Wickersham ,  Michael A. Benjamin ,  Steven C. Vise

IPC: F01D9/02 ,  F02C6/08

Abstract: An engine may include an integrated diffuser-bleed baffle assembly, a diffuser, and a bleed port. The integrated diffuser-bleed baffle assembly fluidly coupled between the diffuser and the bleed port. The integrated diffuser-bleed baffle assembly is configured to flow a boundary layer flow from the diffuser to the bleed port. A baffle hole may be included in the integrated diffuser-bleed baffle assembly such that the assembly may function to dampen acoustic instabilities in the engine.

公开(公告)号：US12287094B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18355449

申请日：2023-07-20

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Perumallu Vukanti ,  Varun S. Lakshmanan ,  Michael T. Bucaro ,  Pradeep Naik ,  Steven C. Vise ,  Michael A. Benjamin

IPC: F23R3/06 ,  F23R3/16 ,  F23R3/28

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.

公开(公告)号：US12228282B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18409690

申请日：2024-01-10

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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

IPC: F23R3/14 ,  F23R3/28

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. The fuel nozzle can include both a primary and secondary fuel passage, and an additional air passage to provide for greater flame control, fuel provision, or local fuel and air mixing prior to combustion.

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

IPC: F23R3/00 ,  F23R3/16 ,  F23R3/26

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：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

IPC: F23D11/38 ,  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.

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

IPC: F23R3/00 ,  F23R3/42

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240328360A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18742260

申请日：2024-06-13

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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

IPC: F02C7/232 ,  F23R3/34

CPC classification number: F02C7/232 ,  F23R3/34

Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operation with a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor comprising an annular array of rich cups and an annular array of lean cups. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides including injecting a fuel/air mixture from the lean cups and the rich cups.

公开(公告)号：US11747019B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17929359

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Hiranya Nath ,  Ravindra Shankar Ganiger ,  Michael A. Benjamin ,  Steven C. Vise ,  Perumallu Vukanti ,  Sripathi Mohan ,  Rimple Rangrej

IPC: F23R3/06 ,  F23R3/16 ,  F23R3/50 ,  F23R3/46

CPC classification number: F23R3/06 ,  F23R3/16 ,  F23R3/46 ,  F23R3/50 ,  F23R2900/03043

Abstract: A combustor liner has an annular outer liner and an annular inner liner that define a combustion chamber therebetween, the combustion chamber having a dilution zone. The annular outer liner and the annular inner liner each has a converging-diverging section extending into the dilution zone of the combustion chamber that form a throat between them. Each of the converging-diverging sections includes at least one dilution opening defined through the respective converging-diverging section at the throat for providing a flow of an oxidizer through a respective liner to the dilution zone of the combustion chamber.