Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pilot premix nozzle and fuel nozzle assembly
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Application No.: US15188163Application Date: 2016-06-21
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Publication No.: US10443854B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Neal William Grooms , James Harper , Yon Han Chong
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F23R3/28
- IPC: F23R3/28 ; F23R3/34 ; F02C7/22

Abstract:
A premix pilot nozzle is disclosed herein. The premix pilot nozzle includes a nozzle body. The nozzle body includes a forward wall, an aft wall, an outer band that extends between the forward wall and the aft wall and a tip portion that extends axially downstream from the aft wall. The nozzle body further defines a fuel inlet plenum that extends coaxially within the nozzle body, a fuel distribution plenum that is defined within the nozzle body radially outwardly from and in fluid communication with the fuel inlet plenum, a plurality of premix passages that extend helically around the fuel inlet plenum within the fuel distribution plenum and a plurality of air passages annularly arranged around the plurality of premix passages. One or more premix passages of the plurality of premix passages are in fluid communication with the fuel distribution plenum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363293A1 PILOT PREMIX NOZZLE AND FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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