Method and computer-readable model for additively manufacturing injector assembly or ducting arrangement including such injector assemblies

A method for manufacturing a ducting arrangement of a combustion system, the method comprising:

• generating a computer-readable three-dimensional (3D) model of the ducting arrangement, the model defining a digital representation comprising:
• a flow-accelerating structure having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the flow-accelerating structure fluidly coupled to receive a flow of combustion gases from a combustor outlet;
• at least one injector assembly disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the flow-accelerating structure, the injector assembly comprising:
• a reactant-guiding structure having an inlet side and an outlet side, the reactant-guiding structure defining a curvilinear flow path to route a flow of reactants from a first flow direction at the inlet side to a second flow direction at the outlet side toward the cross-flow of combustion gases, wherein the second flow direction is arranged to achieve a desired injection angle of the flow of reactants relative to the cross-flow of combustion gases;
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• a cross-flow guiding structure having an inlet side and an outlet side, the cross-flow guiding structure defining a generally axially-extending flow path to route through the injector assembly a portion of cross-flow of combustion gases received at the inlet side of the cross-flow guiding structure toward the outlet side of the cross-flow guiding structure, wherein a flow direction of the portion of the cross-flow of combustion gases exiting at the outlet side of the reactant-guiding structure is arranged to achieve a desired injection angle relative to the flow direction of the flow of reactants at the outlet side of the reactant-guiding structure;
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• manufacturing the ducting arrangement using an additive manufacturing technique in accordance with the generated three-dimensional model.

A computer-readable three-dimensional model of a ducting arrangement for a combustion turbine engine, wherein the model of the ducting arrangement is processable in a processor configured to control an additive manufacturing technique used to make the ducting arrangement, the ducting arrangement comprising:

• a flow-accelerating structure having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the flow-accelerating structure fluidly coupled to receive a flow of combustion gases from a combustor outlet;
• at least one injector assembly disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the flow-accelerating structure, the injector assembly comprising:
• a reactant-guiding structure having an inlet side and an outlet side, the reactant-guiding structure defining a curvilinear flow path to route a flow of reactants from a first flow direction at the inlet side to a second flow direction at the outlet side toward the cross-flow of combustion gases, wherein the second flow direction is arranged to achieve a desired injection angle of the flow of reactants relative to the cross-flow of combustion gases;
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• a cross-flow guiding structure having an inlet side and an outlet side, the cross-flow guiding structure defining a generally axially-extending flow path to route through the injector assembly a portion of cross-flow of combustion gases received at the inlet side of the cross-flow guiding structure toward the outlet side of the cross-flow guiding structure, wherein a flow direction of the portion of the cross-flow of combustion gases exiting at the outlet side of the reactant-guiding structure is arranged to achieve a desired injection angle relative to the flow direction of the flow of reactants at the outlet side of the reactant-guiding structure.