Segmented Combustor Cap
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKevin Weston McMahan, John Charles Intile, Shiva Srinivasan, Sergey Alexandrovich Stryapunin
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Abstract
A combustor cap is cooperable with an impingement plate in a turbine fuel nozzle and includes a plurality of cap segments independently securable to the impingement plate. The plurality of cap segments are radially and tangentially movable relative to the impingement plate.
Claims10
A combustor cap assembly comprising:
- an impingement plate including a plurality of primary fuel nozzle openings arranged in a circular array about a center opening;
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- a combustor cap secured to the impingement plate, the combustor cap including a plurality of cap segments independently secured to the impingement plate, wherein the plurality of cap segments are secured in such a way that cap segment edges are radially and tangentially movable relative to the impingement plate.
A combustor cap cooperable with an impingement plate in a turbine fuel nozzle, the combustor cap comprising a plurality of cap segments independently securable to the impingement plate, wherein the plurality of cap segments are radially and tangentially movable relative to the impingement plate.
A combustor cap assembly comprising:
- an impingement plate including a plurality of primary fuel nozzle openings arranged in an array about a center opening;
- a combustor cap secured to the impingement plate and including nozzle openings aligned with the plurality of primary fuel nozzle openings in the impingement plate, the cap nozzle openings including a collar extending through the plurality of primary fuel nozzle openings in the impingement plate, wherein the combustor cap comprises a plurality of cap segments independently secured to the impingement plate, wherein the plurality of cap segments are secured such that cap segment edges are radially and tangentially movable relative to the impingement plate;
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- a connector secured to the collar of the cap nozzle openings securing the plurality of cap segments to the impingement plate, wherein the connector securing the plurality of cap segments to the impingement plate is the only rigid attachment between the plurality of cap segments and the impingement plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.