General Electric Company
Fuel nozzle
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Abstract:
A fuel nozzle for a combustor includes a fuel body, a primary fuel passage having a primary fuel outlet, and a secondary fuel passage having a secondary fuel outlet, the secondary fuel passage being non-concentric with the primary fuel passage. The primary fuel outlet and the secondary fuel outlet are non-parallel. An axial centerline of the primary fuel outlet is angled with respect to an axial centerline of the primary fuel passage and an axial centerline of the secondary fuel outlet is colinear with an axial centerline of the secondary fuel passage. Also provided is a method of introducing non-concentric, non-parallel fuel flows to a combustor is also provided.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
3 Jun 2021
Issue date:
20 Sep 2022