Patent ID: 9170024
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: F23R

Abstract:
1. A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor, comprising: a. a fuel nozzle; b. a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle; c. a flow sleeve that circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber; d. a plurality of fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the flow sleeve, wherein the plurality of fuel injectors provide fluid communication through the flow sleeve to the combustion chamber; e. a distribution manifold that circumferentially surrounds the plurality of fuel injectors wherein the distribution manifold is connected directly to an outer surface of the flow sleeve and the outer surface of the flow sleeve and an inner surface of the distribution manifold define an annular plenum therebetween; f. a fluid passage that extends radially through an outer surface of the distribution manifold, wherein the fluid passage provides fluid communication through the distribution manifold into the annular plenum and to the plurality of fuel injectors; and g. an annular baffle radially outward of the outer surface of the flow sleeve and radially inward of the inner surface of the distribution manifold and extends axially from a first radial wall of the distribution manifold to a second radial wall of the distribution manifold between the flow sleeve and the distribution manifold within the annular plenum.