Patent ID: 8789372

Claim:
A system, comprising: a turbine engine, comprising: a combustor configured to house one or more fuel nozzles, wherein the combustor comprises a fuel nozzle having a downstream plate, an air path, and a fuel path, wherein the fuel nozzle is in communication with a combustion zone of the turbine engine via the downstream plate of the fuel nozzle; and a resonator disposed in a chamber in the fuel nozzle directly adjacent to the combustion zone, wherein the chamber is defined by a dividing plate separating the fuel nozzle into a plurality of compartments, the downstream plate, and a cylindrical sidewall coupled to each of the dividing plate and the downstream plate, wherein the resonator comprises a resonator plate coupled to the downstream plate of the fuel nozzle, wherein the resonator plate is separate, distinct, and spaced from each of the dividing plate and the cylindrical sidewall, and separate and distinct from the downstream plate.