Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ducting arrangement with injector assemblies arranged in an expanding cross-sectional area of a downstream combustion stage in a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15165195Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US10222066B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Yuntao Chen , Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao , Andrew J. North , Lucky Tran , Joseph Meadows , Walter Ray Laster
- Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- Main IPC: F23R3/34
- IPC: F23R3/34 ; F23R3/28 ; F23R3/10 ; F23R3/06 ; F23R3/20 ; F23R3/00 ; F23R3/16 ; F23R3/42 ; F02C6/00 ; F02C7/22 ; F23R3/04 ; F23R3/18 ; F23R3/02

Abstract:
A ducting arrangement (10) in a combustion stage downstream of a main combustion stage of a gas turbine engine is provided. A duct (18) is fluidly coupled to receive a cross-flow of combustion gases from the main combustion stage. Duct (18) includes a duct segment (23) with an expanding cross-sectional area (24) where one or more injector assemblies (26) are disposed. Injector assembly (26) includes one or more reactant-guiding structures (27) arranged to deliver a flow of reactants into the downstream combustion stage to be mixed with the cross-flow of combustion gases. Disclosed injector assemblies are arranged in expanding cross-sectional area (24) to reduce total pressure loss while providing an effective level of mixing of the injected reactants with the passing cross-flow. Respective duct components or the entire ducting arrangement may be formed as a unitized structure, such as a single piece using a rapid manufacturing technology, such as 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies.
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