Fuel injection assembly for use in turbine engines and method of assembling same

Uhm, Jong Ho; Johnson, Thomas Edward

Title: Fuel injection assembly for use in turbine engines and method of assembling same

Abstract

A fuel injection assembly for use in a turbine engine is provided. The fuel injection assembly includes a plurality of tube assemblies, wherein each of the tube assemblies includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion. Each tube assembly includes a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream portion to the downstream portion or from the upstream portion through the downstream portion. At least one injection system is coupled to at least one tube assembly of the plurality of tube assemblies. The injection system includes a fluid supply member that extends from a fluid source to the downstream portion of the tube assembly. The fluid supply member includes a first end portion located in the downstream portion of the tube assembly, wherein the first end portion has at least one first opening for channeling fluid through the tube assembly to facilitate reducing a temperature therein.

Inventors:: Uhm, Jong Ho; Johnson, Thomas Edward

Issue Date:: 2015-03-24

Research Org.:: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1174216

Patent Number(s):: 8984888

Application Number:: 13/281,679

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)

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

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

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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
F23R3/10 - for primary air
F23R3/283 - {Attaching or cooling of fuel injecting means including supports for fuel injectors, stems, or lances}
F23R3/34 - Feeding into different combustion zones
F23R3/346 - {for staged combustion}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T29/49231 - I.C. [internal combustion] engine making

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-05NT42643

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 26

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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  author       = {Uhm, Jong Ho and Johnson, Thomas Edward},

  abstractNote = {A fuel injection assembly for use in a turbine engine is provided. The fuel injection assembly includes a plurality of tube assemblies, wherein each of the tube assemblies includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion. Each tube assembly includes a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream portion to the downstream portion or from the upstream portion through the downstream portion. At least one injection system is coupled to at least one tube assembly of the plurality of tube assemblies. The injection system includes a fluid supply member that extends from a fluid source to the downstream portion of the tube assembly. The fluid supply member includes a first end portion located in the downstream portion of the tube assembly, wherein the first end portion has at least one first opening for channeling fluid through the tube assembly to facilitate reducing a temperature therein.},

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