Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal for fuel distribution plate
- Patent Title (中): 燃油分配板密封
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Application No.: US13720118Application Date: 2012-12-19
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Publication No.: US09562689B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Jason Thurman Stewart , Christopher Paul Keener
- 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: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: F23D14/64
- IPC: F23D14/64 ; F23R3/28 ; F23R3/10

Abstract:
A fuel flow passes through a micromixer section of a gas turbine that includes a plurality of mixing tubes for transporting a fuel/air mixture and a distribution plate including a plurality of distribution holes and a plurality of tube holes for accommodating the mixing tubes. Each of the mixing tubes includes a plurality of fuel holes through which fuel enters the mixing tubes. The tube holes and the mixing tubes form a plurality of annulus areas between the distribution plate and the mixing tubes. The distribution holes and the annulus areas are configured to pass the fuel flow through the distribution plate toward the fuel holes. A flow management device modifies an effective size of the annulus areas to control a distribution of the fuel flow through the distribution holes and the annulus areas of the distribution plate to provide a uniform fuel/air composition in each of the mixing tubes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140083110A1 SEAL FOR FUEL DISTRIBUTION PLATE Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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