Patent ID: 8074452

Claim:
A fuel manifold for a gas turbine engine, the manifold comprising an annular body defining a first fuel conduit and at least a second fuel conduit therein, the first and second fuel conduits each having a fuel inlet defined in the body in communication with a fuel source and a fuel outlet defined in the body in communication with at least one fuel nozzle, a coolant conduit being defined within the body in heat transfer communication with both the first and second fuel conduits, the coolant conduit having at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet defined in the body, the first fuel conduit and the coolant conduit being fed independently from each other such as to respectively direct fluid flow therethrough independently of each other, and the second fuel conduit being fed independently from the first fuel conduit and the coolant conduit such as to direct fluid flow independently of the first fuel conduit and the coolant conduit.