Air/fuel supply system for use in a gas turbine engine

Fox, Timothy A; Schilp, Reinhard; Gambacorta, Domenico

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Title: Air/fuel supply system for use in a gas turbine engine

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A fuel injector for use in a gas turbine engine combustor assembly. The fuel injector includes a main body and a fuel supply structure. The main body has an inlet end and an outlet end and defines a longitudinal axis extending between the outlet and inlet ends. The main body comprises a plurality of air/fuel passages extending therethrough, each air/fuel passage including an inlet that receives air from a source of air and an outlet. The fuel supply structure communicates with and supplies fuel to the air/fuel passages for providing an air/fuel mixture within each air/fuel passage. The air/fuel mixtures exit the main body through respective air/fuel passage outlets.

Inventors:: Fox, Timothy A; Schilp, Reinhard; Gambacorta, Domenico

Issue Date:: 2014-06-17

Research Org.:: Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1134313

Patent Number(s):: 8752386

Application Number:: 12/786,930

Assignee:: Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL); Mikro Systems, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
F23R3/28 - characterised by the fuel supply
F23R3/286 - {having fuel-air premixing devices
F23R3/34 - Feeding into different combustion zones

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-05NT42644

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2010 May 25

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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Swirl Combustor With Vortex Burning and Mixing patent, March 1975

Combustion chamber for gas turbines patent, March 1980

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Multiple venturi tube gas fuel injector for catalytic combustor patent, July 1989

Dry low NOx single stage dual mode combustor construction for a gas turbine patent, November 1993

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Catalytic combustor with lean direct injection of gas fuel for low emissions combustion and methods of operation patent, October 1998

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Turbine engine combustor with fuel-air mixer patent, May 1999

Premixing dry low NOx emissions combustor with lean direct injection of gas fuel patent, April 2000

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Reduction of nitrogen oxides by staged combustion in combustors, furnaces and boilers patent, September 2002

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patent, March 1975

Combustion chamber for gas turbines
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Fuel injection system for low emission burners
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Multiple venturi tube gas fuel injector for catalytic combustor
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Dry low NOx single stage dual mode combustor construction for a gas turbine
patent, November 1993

Gas turbine combustor swirl vane arrangement
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Multiple passage cooling circuit method and device for gas turbine engine fuel nozzle
patent, June 1995

Air atomized discrete jet liquid fuel injector and method
patent, February 1998

Combustor with first and second zones
patent, May 1998

Catalytic combustor with lean direct injection of gas fuel for low emissions combustion and methods of operation
patent, October 1998

Catalytic combustor with lean direct injection of gas fuel for low emissions combustion and methods of operation
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Turbine engine combustor with fuel-air mixer
patent, May 1999

Premixing dry low NOx emissions combustor with lean direct injection of gas fuel
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Premixing dry low nox emissions combustor with lean direct injection of gas fule
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Reduction of nitrogen oxides by staged combustion in combustors, furnaces and boilers
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