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US 2013/0219912 A1Published application
Combustor and method for purging a combustor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJonathan Dwight Berry, Michael John Hughes
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Abstract
A combustor includes an end cap. The end cap includes a first surface and a second surface downstream from the first surface, a shroud that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the first and second surfaces, a plate that extends radially within the shroud, a plurality of tubes that extend through the plate and the first and second surfaces, and a first purge port that extends through one or more of the plurality of tubes, wherein the purge port is axially aligned with the plate.
Claims23
A combustor, comprising:
- a. an end cap, wherein the end cap includes a first surface and a second surface downstream from the first surface;
- b. a shroud that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the first and second surfaces;
- c. a plate that extends radially within the shroud;
- d. a plurality of tubes that extend through the plate and the first and second surfaces;
- e. a first purge port that extends through one or more of the plurality of tubes, wherein the first purge port is axially aligned with the plate.
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A combustor, comprising:
- a. an end cap;
- b. a plurality of tubes that extend through the end cap and provide fluid communication through the end cap;
- c. a plate that extends radially inside the end cap;
- d. a first purge port between the plate and one or more of the plurality of tubes, wherein the first purge port provides fluid communication into the one or more of the plurality of tubes.
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A method for purging a combustor, comprising:
- a. flowing a working fluid through a plurality of tubes that extend axially through an end cap;
- b. flowing a fuel into the plurality of tubes;
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- c. flowing at least a portion of the working fluid through a diluent plenum located inside the end cap and into one or more of the plurality of tubes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.