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US 2014/0338349 A1Published application
Combustion Nozzle with Floating Aft Plate
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDaniel Gerritt Wegerif, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Carl Robert Barker
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Abstract
The present application provides a combustion nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustion nozzle may include a number of mixing tubes, an outer shell surrounding the mixing tubes, and a floating aft plate assembly. The floating plate assembly may enclose the outer shell. The mixing tubes may extend through the aft plate assembly.
Claims20
A combustion nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a plurality of mixing tubes;
- an outer shell surrounding the plurality of mixing tubes;
- and
- a floating aft plate assembly;
- the floating aft plate assembly enclosing the outer shell;
- and
- the plurality of mixing tubes extending through the floating aft plate assembly.
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A method of operating a combustion nozzle enclosed by an aft plate, comprising:
- mixing a flow of fuel and a flow of air in a plurality of tubes in the combustion nozzle at a first temperature;
- combusting the mixed flow of fuel and air downstream of the aft plate at a second temperature;
- and
- allowing the aft plate to float within the combustion nozzle as the aft plate approaches the second temperature.
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A combustion nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a plurality of mixing tubes;
- an outer shell surrounding the plurality of mixing tubes;
- an impingement plate attached to the outer shell;
- and
- an aft plate pinned to the impingement plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.