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

Hughes, Michael John; Johnson, Thomas Edward; Berry, Jonathan Dwight; York, William David

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

Patent · Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2017

OSTI ID:1338060

Hughes, Michael John; Johnson, Thomas Edward; Berry, Jonathan Dwight; York, William David

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.

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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):: 9,534,781

Application Number:: 13/468,988

OSTI ID:: 1338060

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 May 10

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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