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US 12,613,035 B1Granted
Combustion section for a turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorKeith W. Wilkinson
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Abstract
A combustion section for a turbine engine. The combustion section has a circumferential casing, a combustor, multiple fuel nozzles and a fuel supply system. The circumferential casing defines an interior. The combustion has an annular liner located within the interior. The fuel supply system has a fuel manifold and multiple fuel line branches.
Claims20
A combustion section for a turbine engine, the combustion section having a centerline and comprising:
- a circumferential casing defining an interior;
- a combustor having an annular liner located within the interior, the combustor having a combustion chamber;
- multiple fuel nozzles opening to the combustion chamber;
- and
- a fuel supply system comprising:
- a fuel manifold located within the interior radially inward of the combustion chamber, the fuel manifold defining a fuel path configured to guide fuel in a circumferential direction about the centerline;
- and
- multiple fuel line branches, with each fuel line branch of the multiple fuel line branches extending between a respective portion of the fuel manifold and a respective portion of the combustor or a corresponding one of the multiple fuel nozzles.
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