Gas-only cartridge for a premix fuel nozzle

Patent · Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1525038

Cihlar, David William; Melton, Patrick Benedict; York, William David

A gas-only cartridge for a fuel nozzle includes a flange that defines a plurality of apertures for receiving a gaseous fuel, an outer tube that is coupled to the flange and an inner tube that extends axially within the outer tube. The inner tube and the outer tube define a fuel passage therebetween and the fuel passage is in fluid communication with the plurality of apertures of the flange. A fuel distribution tip is disposed at a downstream end of the gas-only cartridge and defines a plurality of fuel ports circumferentially spaced along and annularly arranged about an outer surface of the fuel distribution tip. The fuel ports are in fluid communication with the fuel passage.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-05NT42643
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 10,228,140
• Application Number: 15/046,482
• OSTI ID: 1525038
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2016-02-18
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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