System and method for utilizing cooling air within a combustor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9835333
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14580315

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A system for utilizing cooling air within a combustor includes a fuel nozzle having an axially extending center body, a burner tube that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the center body and a premix passage defined between the center body and the burner tube. The system further includes a combustor cap assembly having a first cooling air plenum defined between a cap plate and a first partitioning plate, a second cooling air plenum defined upstream from the first cooling air plenum between a second partitioning plate and the first partitioning plate, and a tube that provides for fluid communication from the first cooling air plenum, through the second cooling air plenum and through the second partitioning plate. The system provides a method for utilizing the cooling air within the combustor.

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GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC300 GARLINGTON ROAD GREENVILLE SC 29615

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Antoniono, Carolyn Ashley Greenville, US 13 255
Chong, Yon Han Greer, US 14 118

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