Invention Application
- Patent Title: FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH FUEL/AIR RATIO AND REDUCED COMBUSTION DYNAMICS
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Application No.: US15684083Application Date: 2017-08-23
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Publication No.: US20190063753A1Publication Date: 2019-02-28
- Inventor: Eric John Stevens , Mark David Durbin , Randall Charles Boehm , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Beverly Stephenson Duncan , Jeffrey Lyal Powell
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F23R3/34
- IPC: F23R3/34 ; F23R3/14 ; F23R3/28

Abstract:
Fuel nozzle assemblies are provided. For example, a fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor system comprises a fuel nozzle having a pilot swirler and an outlet defined in an outlet end, as well as a main mixer attached to the outlet end and extending about the outlet. A total combustor airflow through the combustor system comprises a pilot swirler airflow that is greater than about 14% and a main mixer airflow that is less than about 50% of the total combustor airflow. In further embodiments, the fuel nozzle also comprises main and pilot fuel injectors that each are configured to receive a portion of a fuel flow to the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle provides less than about 80% of the fuel flow to the main fuel injector at a high power operating condition of a gas turbine engine in which the fuel nozzle assembly is installed.
Public/Granted literature
- US11561008B2 Fuel nozzle assembly for high fuel/air ratio and reduced combustion dynamics Public/Granted day:2023-01-24
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