Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-08
2010-10-05
Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
C060S796000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07805946
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention relate to a combustor flow sleeve for a turbine engine. According to aspects of the invention, the flow sleeve can be attached to one of the components in the combustor head-end by a plurality of fasteners. In one embodiment, the flow sleeve can be attached directly to the combustor head-end component by a plurality of bolts. The bolted flow sleeve can reduce the time to install or remove the flow sleeve. In certain areas, it may not be possible to directly attach the flow sleeve to the combustor component. A flow sleeve according to aspects of the invention can be adapted to facilitate indirect attachment to the combustor head-end component. The flow sleeve can further be adapted to include thermal relief slots to accommodate any differential thermal expansion or contraction between the flow sleeve and the component to which the flow sleeve is attached.
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Griffin Elliot G.
Harris, Jr. Arthur J.
Koenig Michael H.
Maples Paul D.
Ohri Rajeev
Cuff Michael
Nguyen Andrew
Siemens Energy Inc.
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