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US 8,769,956 B2Granted
Multi-premixer fuel nozzle support system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJonathan Dwight Berry, Kevin Weston McMahan, Carl Robert Barker
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Abstract
A system comprising a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a mounting base and an inlet flow conditioner extending directly from the mounting base in a downstream direction. Moreover, the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the fuel nozzle without a central support member extending directly from the mounting base inside the inlet flow conditioner.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a turbine engine, comprising:
- a combustor having a head end region;
- and
- a multi-nozzle assembly comprising:
- a mounting base coupled to the head end region;
- a plurality of fuel nozzles;
- and
- an inlet flow conditioner extending along each of the plurality of fuel nozzles to the mounting base, wherein the inlet flow conditioner is directly coupled to each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner comprises a lateral support comprising a plurality of perforations per nozzle, wherein the lateral support is disposed upstream of the plurality of fuel nozzles.
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A system, comprising:
- a multi-nozzle assembly comprising:
- a mounting base;
- a plurality of fuel nozzles;
- and
- an inlet flow conditioner extending directly from the mounting base along each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner is directly coupled to each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner comprises a lateral support comprising a plurality of perforations per nozzle, wherein the lateral support is disposed upstream of the plurality of fuel nozzles.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of multi-nozzle assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of multi-nozzle assemblies comprise:
- a mounting base;
- a plurality of fuel nozzles;
- and
- an inlet flow conditioner extending directly from the mounting base along each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner is directly coupled to each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein the inlet flow conditioner comprises a lateral support comprising a plurality of perforations per nozzle, wherein the lateral support is disposed upstream of the plurality of fuel nozzles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.