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Title: System and method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1092961
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A system for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes an end cap having an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface, and tube bundles extend through the end cap. A diluent supply in fluid communication with the end cap provides diluent flow to the end cap. Diluent distributors circumferentially arranged inside at least one tube bundle extend downstream from the downstream surface and provide fluid communication for the diluent flow through the end cap. A method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes flowing fuel through tube bundles that extend axially through an end cap, flowing a diluent through diluent distributors into a combustion chamber, wherein the diluent distributors are circumferentially arranged inside at least one tube bundle and each diluent distributor extends downstream from the end cap, and forming a diluent barrier in the combustion chamber between at least one pair of adjacent tube bundles.

Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42643
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,511,086
Application Number:
13/409,326
OSTI ID:
1092961
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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