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Variable volume combustor with an air bypass system

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OSTI ID:1343286

The present application provides a combustor for use with flow of fuel and a flow of air in a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a number of micro-mixer fuel nozzles positioned within a liner and an air bypass system position about the liner. The air bypass system variably allows a bypass portion of the flow of air to bypass the micro-mixer fuel nozzles.

Research Organization:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42643
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Patent Number(s):
9,562,687
Application Number:
13/760,101
OSTI ID:
1343286
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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