| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090101788 | COMBUSTOR BRACKET ASSEMBLY - A bracket assembly for securing a transition segment to a combustion liner of a gas turbine engine includes at least one flange mounted to the transition segment. The at least one flange includes a channel that extends radially from the transition segment. The bracket assembly further includes a bracket fixedly mounted relative to the gas turbine engine. The bracket includes an elongated section having at least one end section that is received by the channel to establish an axial floating interface that secures the transition segment to the combustion liner. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100008179 | PRE-MIXING APPARATUS FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine includes a main body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an exterior wall that collectively establish at least one fluid delivery plenum, and a plurality of fluid delivery tubes extending through at least a portion of the at least one fluid delivery plenum. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes at least one fluid delivery opening fluidly connected to the at least one fluid delivery plenum. With this arrangement, a first fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one fluid delivery plenum, passed through the at least one fluid delivery opening and mixed with a second fluid flowing through the plurality of fluid delivery tubes prior to being combusted in a combustion chamber of a turbine engine. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100077761 | IMPINGEMENT COOLED COMBUSTOR SEAL - Disclosed is a combustor seal including a seal support locatable at a first combustor component and having a plurality of through impingement holes. A wave-shaped seal located at the seal support and defining at least one seal cavity between the wave-shaped seal and the seal support. A peak of the wave-shaped seal is locatable at a second combustor component. The wave-shaped seal includes at least one through passageway located upstream of the peak capable of flowing cooling fluid therethrough into the at least one seal cavity and through the plurality of impingement holes thereby cooling the first combustor component. Further disclosed is a combustor including a combustor seal and a method for cooling a first combustor component. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100089021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INTRODUCING DILUENT FLOW INTO A COMBUSTOR - Disclosed is a combustor including a baffle plate having at least one through baffle hole and at least one fuel nozzle extending through the at least one baffle hole. A plurality of injection holes extend through the at least one fuel nozzle and are configured to meter a flow of diluent into the combustor. Further disclosed is a method for providing diluent to a combustor including providing a plurality of openings located at at least one fuel nozzle extending through a through hole in a baffle plate. The diluent is flowed through the plurality of openings toward at least one airflow opening in the at least one fuel nozzle. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100180600 | NOZZLE FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine includes a compressor, a combustor operatively connected to the compressor, and an injection nozzle operatively connected to the combustor. The injection nozzle includes a main body having a first end section that extends to a second end section to define an inner flow path. The injection nozzle further includes an outlet arranged at the second end section of the main body, at least one passage that extends within the main body and is fluidly connected to the outlet, and at least one conduit extending between the inner flow path and the at least one passage. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186412 | ANNULAR FUEL AND AIR CO-FLOW PREMIXER - Disclosed is a premixer for a combustor including an annular outer shell and an annular inner shell. The inner shell defines an inner flow channel inside of the inner shell and is located to define an outer flow channel between the outer shell and the inner shell. A fuel discharge annulus is located between the outer flow channel and the inner flow channel and is configured to inject a fuel flow into a mixing area in a direction substantially parallel to an outer airflow through the outer flow channel and an inner flow through the inner flow channel. Further disclosed are a combustor including a plurality of premixers and a method of premixing air and fuel in a combustor. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192579 | Apparatus for Fuel Injection in a Turbine Engine - In one embodiment, a system includes a fuel nozzle that includes a fuel injector configured to output a fuel flow and a premixer tube disposed about the fuel flow output from the fuel injector. The premixer tube includes a perforated portion and a non-perforated portion, and the non-perforated portion is downstream of the perforated portion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100300107 | METHOD AND FLOW SLEEVE PROFILE REDUCTION TO EXTEND COMBUSTOR LINER LIFE - A gas turbine includes a combustor liner having at least one hole formed therein. The gas turbine also includes a flow sleeve that at least partially surrounds the liner thereby forming a plenum between the flow sleeve and the liner, the plenum having an airflow therethrough, a portion of the airflow passing through the at least one hole in the liner and into the liner thereby reducing the mass of the airflow in the plenum. The flow sleeve has an axial profile that is reduced in cross section dimension at a predetermined axial location of the flow sleeve, thereby reducing a width of the plenum at the predetermined axial location. The reduction at the cross section dimension in the flow sleeve increases a velocity of the airflow in the plenum at the predetermined axial location, the increased velocity airflow increasing transfer of heat away from the liner. | 12-02-2010 |