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Radial inlet guide vanes for a combustor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1083208

A combustor may include an interior flow path therethrough, a number of fuel nozzles in communication with the interior flow path, and an inlet guide vane system positioned about the interior flow path to create a swirled flow therein. The inlet guide vane system may include a number of windows positioned circumferentially around the fuel nozzles. The inlet guide vane system may also include a number of inlet guide vanes positioned circumferentially around the fuel nozzles and adjacent to the windows to create a swirled flow within the interior flow path.

Research Organization:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42643
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,371,101
Application Number:
12/559,522
OSTI ID:
1083208
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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