Impingement panel support structure and method of manufacture

Patent · Tue Mar 28 04:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:1987260

Berry, Jonathan Dwight; Goike, Jerome Walter; Griffis, Clay Thomas

An integrated combustor nozzle includes a combustion liner that extends between an inner liner segment and an outer liner segment along a radial direction. The combustion liner including a forward end portion, an aft end portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall. An impingement panel having an impingement plate disposed along an exterior surface of one of the inner liner segment or the outer liner segment. The impingement plate defines a plurality of impingement apertures that direct coolant in discrete jets towards the exterior surface of the inner liner segment or the outer liner segment. The impingement panel includes an inlet portion that extends from the impingement plate to a collection duct. The impingement panel further includes a plurality of supports spaced apart from one another. The plurality of supports extend between, and are coupled to, the inlet portion, the collection duct, and the impingement plate.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FE0023965
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 11,614,233
• Application Number: 17/007,108
• OSTI ID: 1987260
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English