Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combustor swirler with vanes incorporating open area
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Application No.: US17394848Application Date: 2021-08-05
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Publication No.: US11761632B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Gurunath Gandikota , Karthikeyan Sampath , Perumallu Vukanti , Allen M. Danis , Scott M. Bush , Steven Clayton Vise , Hari Ravi Chandra , Rimple Rangrej , Saket Singh , Pradeep Naik , Neeraj Kumar Mishra , Arvind Kumar Rao , Balasubramaniam Venkatanarayanan , Ranjeet Kumar Mishra
- 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: F23R3/14
- IPC: F23R3/14 ; F23R3/28

Abstract:
A dome assembly for a combustor includes: at least one swirler assembly including: at least one swirler including a plurality of swirl vanes arrayed about an axis, the plurality of swirl vanes oriented so as to impart a tangential velocity to air passing through the swirler parallel to the axis; each of the plurality of swirl vanes having a thickness and including a plurality of edges which collectively define a peripheral boundary of the respective swirl vane; wherein at least a selected one of the plurality of swirl vanes includes at least one void passing through the thickness of the selected swirl vane, the void disposed within the peripheral boundary of the selected swirl vane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230042970A1 COMBUSTOR SWIRLER WITH VANES INCORPORATING OPEN AREA Public/Granted day:2023-02-09
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