Combustor with non-circular head end

Kim, Won -Wook; McMahan, Kevin Weston

Title: Combustor with non-circular head end

Patent · Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1221977

Kim, Won -Wook; McMahan, Kevin Weston

The present application provides a combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a head end with a non-circular configuration, a number of fuel nozzles positioned about the head end, and a transition piece extending downstream of the head end.

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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):: 9,145,778

Application Number:: 13/437,954

OSTI ID:: 1221977

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Apr 03

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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