Pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine

Patent · Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1041185

Lacy, Benjamin Paul ^[1]; Varatharajan, Balachandar ^[2]; Ziminsky, Willy Steve ^[3]; Kraemer, Gilbert Otto ^[1]; Yilmaz, Ertan ^[4]; Melton, Patrick Benedict ^[5]; Zuo, Baifang ^[3]; Stevenson, Christian Xavier ^[6]; Felling, David Kenton ^[7]; Uhm, Jong Ho ^[3]

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1. Greer, SC
2. Cincinnati, OH
3. Simpsonville, SC
4. Albany, NY
5. Horse Shoe, NC
6. Inman, SC
7. Greenville, SC

A pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine includes a main body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an exterior wall that collectively establish at least one fluid delivery plenum, and a plurality of fluid delivery tubes extending through at least a portion of the at least one fluid delivery plenum. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes at least one fluid delivery opening fluidly connected to the at least one fluid delivery plenum. With this arrangement, a first fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one fluid delivery plenum, passed through the at least one fluid delivery opening and mixed with a second fluid flowing through the plurality of fluid delivery tubes prior to being combusted in a combustion chamber of a turbine engine.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-05NT4263
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 8,147,121
• Application Number: 12/169,865
• OSTI ID: 1041185
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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