Patent ID: 9016064
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F02C

Abstract:
1. A combustor comprising: a. a breech end; b. a fuel nozzle connected to the breech end and extending downstream from the breech end, the fuel nozzle having a center body and a shroud concentrically aligned with and at least partially surrounding the center body; d. a support that extends radially and axially inside the combustor, wherein the shroud of the fuel nozzle extends axially therethrough substantially parallel to an axial surface of the support; and e. a lip seal that extends radially between the axial surface of the support and the shroud of the fuel nozzle, wherein one end of the lip seal is engaged with the axial surface of the support and a second end of the lip seal is engaged with the shroud of the fuel nozzle.