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公开(公告)号:US11408356B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US15723303
申请日:2017-10-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Steven Clayton Vise , Duane Douglas Thomsen , Richard Wade Stickles , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Donald Lee Gardner , George ChiaChun Hsiao , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Shai Birmaher
Abstract: A system and method for operating a combustion system comprising a fuel nozzle defining at least one main fuel circuit and at least one pilot fuel circuit is generally provided. The method includes determining an overall flow of fuel, the overall flow of fuel defining a sum total fuel through the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit; determining a plurality of ranges of ratios of main fuel flow through the main fuel circuit versus pilot fuel flow through the pilot circuit from the overall flow of fuel, wherein each range of ratios is based on a combustion criterion different from one another; determining a resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow based on a hierarchy of combustion criteria, wherein the hierarchy of combustion criteria provides a priority ranking of the combustion criterion; and flowing the overall flow of fuel to the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit based on the resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow.
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公开(公告)号:US11280495B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16808443
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Gurunath Gandikota , Steven Clayton Vise , Perumallu Vukanti , Mayank Krisna Amble , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Nicholas Ryan Overman , Karthikeyan Sampath , Allen Michael Danis , Craig Douglas Young
Abstract: A flow device for a combustor assembly defining a longitudinal axis around which the flow device is positioned is provided. The flow device includes a body extended around the longitudinal axis. The body includes a first wall and a second wall separated longitudinally from one another along the longitudinal axis. A fuel injector passage is defined through the body coaxial to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of vane walls is extended radially between the first wall and the second wall relative to the longitudinal axis. A radial flow passage is extended between the plurality of vane walls and the fuel injector passage.
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公开(公告)号:US10890327B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-12
申请号:US15896223
申请日:2018-02-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Gurunath Gandikota , Hiranya Kumar Nath , Arvind Kumar Rao , Steven Clayton Vise , Perumallu Vukanti , Mayank Krisna Amble , Clayton Stuart Cooper
Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor includes a liner defining at least in part a combustion chamber, a first side exposed to the combustion chamber, a second side opposite the first side, and a dilution hole extending from the second side to the first side. The liner includes an airflow feature on the first side of the liner adjacent to the dilution hole and extending into the combustion chamber to increase a cooling of the liner.
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公开(公告)号:US10816202B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US15823633
申请日:2017-11-28
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Abstract: A combustor liner, a gas turbine engine including a combustor having the combustor liner, and a method for regulating jet wakes in the combustor are disclosed. The combustor liner includes a panel, at least one first through-hole, and a plurality of second through-holes including first and second set of through-holes. The at least one first through-hole is disposed on a section of the panel in a first row. The plurality of second through-holes is disposed on the section along axial and circumferential directions and arranged adjacent to the at least one first through-hole. The first set and the second set of through-holes are arranged in a second row and a third row respectively. The first, second, and third rows extend along the circumferential direction. The at least one first through-hole and the plurality of second through-holes collectively cover circumferential plane of the section along the first, second, and third rows.
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公开(公告)号:US20200040843A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16055313
申请日:2018-08-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
Abstract: A ramjet engine and system and method for operation is generally provided. The ramjet includes a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines an inlet section, a combustion section, and an exhaust section. A fuel nozzle assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall. The fuel nozzle assembly defines a nozzle throat area. The fuel nozzle assembly is moveable along a radial direction to adjust the nozzle throat area based at least on a difference in pressure of a flow of fluid at an inlet of the inlet section and a pressure of the flow of fluid at the fuel nozzle assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US10520195B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-31
申请号:US15618637
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Joseph Zelina , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Steven Clayton Vise
Abstract: A method and system of effervescent atomization of liquid fuel for a rotating detonation combustor (RDC) for a propulsion system is provided. The method includes flowing liquid fuel through a fuel injection port of a nozzle assembly of the RDC system; flowing a gas through the fuel injection port of the nozzle assembly volumetrically proportional to the liquid fuel; producing a gas-liquid fuel mixture at the fuel injection port by mixing the flow of gas and the flow of liquid fuel; flowing an oxidizer through a nozzle flowpath of the RDC system; producing an oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture by mixing the gas-liquid fuel mixture and the flow of oxidizer within the nozzle flowpath; and igniting the oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture within a combustion chamber of the RDC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20190264919A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-29
申请号:US15904918
申请日:2018-02-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Steven Clayton Vise , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Joseph Zelina
Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine including an inner wall assembly defining a detonation combustion region upstream thereof extended from a longitudinal wall into a gas flowpath. An actuator adjusts a depth of the detonation combustion region into the gas flowpath. A method for operating the engine includes flowing an oxidizer through the gas flowpath; capturing a portion of the flow of oxidizer via the inner wall; flowing a first flow of fuel to the captured flow of oxidizer; producing a rotating detonation gases via a mixture of the first flow of fuel and the captured flow of oxidizer; flowing at least a portion of the detonation gases downstream to mix with the flow of oxidizer; flowing a second flow of fuel to the mixture of detonation gases and oxidizer; and burning the mixture of the second flow of fuel and the detonation gases/oxidizer mixture.
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公开(公告)号:US20190162413A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US15823633
申请日:2017-11-28
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
CPC classification number: F23R3/06 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/18 , F02K1/822 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/35 , F23R3/002 , F23R3/26
Abstract: A combustor liner, a gas turbine engine including a combustor having the combustor liner, and a method for regulating jet wakes in the combustor are disclosed. The combustor liner includes a panel, at least one first through-hole, and a plurality of second through-holes including first and second set of through-holes. The at least one first through-hole is disposed on a section of the panel in a first row. The plurality of second through-holes is disposed on the section along axial and circumferential directions and arranged adjacent to the at least one first through-hole. The first set and the second set of through-holes are arranged in a second row and a third row respectively. The first, second, and third rows extend along the circumferential direction. The at least one first through-hole and the plurality of second through-holes collectively cover circumferential plane of the section along the first, second, and third rows.
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公开(公告)号:US20180356099A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15618326
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Joseph Zelina , Sibtosh Pal , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Steven Clayton Vise
CPC classification number: F23R3/56 , F01D9/041 , F02C5/02 , F02C7/222 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/35 , F23R3/286
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a propulsion system including a rotating detonation combustion (RDC) system defining a plurality of fuel-oxidizer mixing nozzles each defined by a converging-diverging nozzle wall defining a nozzle flowpath. The nozzle wall defines a throat and a lengthwise direction extended between a nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet along the lengthwise direction. The longitudinal centerline of the propulsion system and the radial direction together define a reference plane, and the lengthwise direction of the nozzle intersects the reference plane and defines a nozzle angle greater than zero degrees and approximately 80 degrees or less relative to the reference plane.
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公开(公告)号:US20180355795A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15618575
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Sibtosh Pal , Joseph Zelina , Arthur Wesley Johnson , Clayton Stuart Cooper , Steven Clayton Vise
CPC classification number: F02C5/02 , F05D2240/35 , F23R3/28 , F23R3/42
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotating detonation combustion system for a propulsion system, the rotating detonation combustion system defining a radial direction, a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal centerline in common with the propulsion system extended along a longitudinal direction. The rotating detonation combustion system includes an outer wall and an inner wall together defining at least in part a combustion chamber and a combustion chamber inlet; a nozzle located at the combustion chamber inlet defined by a nozzle wall, the nozzle defining a lengthwise direction and extending between a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet along the lengthwise direction, the nozzle inlet configured to receive a flow of oxidizer, the nozzle further defining a throat between the nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet, and wherein the nozzle defines a converging-diverging nozzle, and wherein a diverging section of the nozzle wall defines a fluid diode; and a fuel injection port defining a fuel outlet located between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet for providing fuel to the flow of oxidizer received through the nozzle inlet.
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