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Title: Device for improved air and fuel distribution to a combustor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1568331

A flow conditioning device for a can annular gas turbine engine, including a plurality of flow elements disposed in a compressed air flow path leading to a combustor, configured such that relative adjustment of at least one flow directing element with respect to an adjacent flow directing element during operation of the gas turbine engine is effective to adjust a level of choking of the compressed air flow path.

Research Organization:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42644
Assignee:
Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
Patent Number(s):
10,288,290
Application Number:
15/139,970
OSTI ID:
1568331
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/27/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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