Gas turbine fuel mixer comprising a plurality of mini tubes for generating a fuel-air mixture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11692709
APP PUB NO 20220290863A1
SERIAL NO

17199257

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A mixer for blending fuel and air in a combustor of a turbine engine. The mixer includes a central body having a central passageway and a central axis. The mixer includes a plurality of tubes positioned radially around the central axis and circumferentially around a periphery of the mixer. Each of the tubes of the mixer includes opposed openings and a tangential opening. Each of the tubes of the mixer includes a cylindrical interior mixing passage configured to receive air flow from the opposed openings and the tangential opening and a fuel flow. The opposed openings are configured to spread the fuel flow laterally and the tangential opening is configured to spread the fuel flow tangentially.

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY1 NEUMANN WAY MAIL DROP F16 EVENDALE OH 45215-6301

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Boardman, Gregory A Liberty Township, US 16 192
Giridharan, Manampathy G Mason, US 51 773
Kediya, Vishal Sanjay Karnataka, IN 10 27
Naik, Pradeep Karnataka, IN 143 287

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