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Title: System and method having multi-tube fuel nozzle with differential flow

Abstract

A system includes a multi-tube fuel nozzle with a fuel nozzle body and a plurality of tubes. The fuel nozzle body includes a nozzle wall surrounding a chamber. The plurality of tubes extend through the chamber, wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes includes an air intake portion, a fuel intake portion, and an air-fuel mixture outlet portion. The multi-tube fuel nozzle also includes a differential configuration of the air intake portions among the plurality of tubes.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1338060
Patent Number(s):
9534781
Application Number:
13/468,988
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23N - REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-05NT42643
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 May 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Hughes, Michael John, Johnson, Thomas Edward, Berry, Jonathan Dwight, and York, William David. System and method having multi-tube fuel nozzle with differential flow. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Hughes, Michael John, Johnson, Thomas Edward, Berry, Jonathan Dwight, & York, William David. System and method having multi-tube fuel nozzle with differential flow. United States.
Hughes, Michael John, Johnson, Thomas Edward, Berry, Jonathan Dwight, and York, William David. Tue . "System and method having multi-tube fuel nozzle with differential flow". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338060.
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