General Electric Company
COMBUSTOR LINER WITH SHIELD HOLES

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method of reducing film cooling scrubbing in a combustor are provided. The apparatus includes a combustor liner that includes a field of a plurality of sparsely-spaced film holes that extend through the combustor liner wherein the field includes a boundary. The combustor liner also includes a patch of relatively more densely-spaced shield holes that extend through the combustor liner at specific predetermined locations within the boundary of the field.