Benjamin L Daniel

US Patent:

20180112875, Apr 26, 2018

Filed:

Oct 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/331961

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Benjamin Lamar Daniel - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F23R 3/00

Abstract:

A combustor assembly includes a combustion liner at least partially surrounded by a flow sleeve and an impingement sleeve and an axial expansion joint defined between an aft end of the flow sleeve and a forward end of the impingement sleeve. A radial fuel injector extends radially through the impingement sleeve and at least partially through the combustion liner and the radial fuel injector is fluidly coupled to a fuel conduit that extends across the expansion joint. The combustor assembly further includes an air shield assembly having a forward end slideably connected to the flow sleeve, an aft end rigidly connected to at least one of the combustion liner, the radial fuel injector and the impingement sleeve, and a bridge member. The bridge member at least partially encloses the fuel conduit and connects the forward end of the air shield assembly to the aft end of the air shield assembly.