Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Furcating pilot pre-mixer for main mini-mixer array in a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US17315016Application Date: 2021-05-07
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Publication No.: US11506388B1Publication Date: 2022-11-22
- Inventor: Gregory A. Boardman , Pradeep Naik , Bassam Sabry Mohammad Abdelnabi , Manampathy G. Giridharan , Vishal Sanjay Kediya , Narasimhan S. Sahana
- 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: Venable LLP
- Agent Edward A. Kmett; Michele V. Frank
- Main IPC: F23R3/34
- IPC: F23R3/34 ; F23R3/28

Abstract:
A pilot pre-mixer for a gas turbine engine has a pilot body that includes an internal mixing chamber, a first end on an upstream side of the internal mixing chamber, a second end on a downstream side of the internal mixing chamber, a fuel injector at the first end and communicable with the internal mixing chamber, a plurality of first oxidizer inlet ports arranged to provide an oxidizer agent from outside of the pilot body to the internal mixing chamber, and a plurality of pilot outlet ports at the second end and communicable with the internal mixing chamber, each of the plurality of pilot outlet ports having an outlet on the second end for dispensing a pilot fluid mixture into a combustion zone of a combustor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220357038A1 FURCATING PILOT PRE-MIXER FOR MAIN MINI-MIXER ARRAY IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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