ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,385, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).
"Compact turbomachine combustor" was invented by Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, S.C.), Mark William Pinson (Greer, S.C.), Jayaprakash Natarajan (Greenville, S.C.) and Lucas John Stoia (Greenville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combustors, gas turbines, and associated methods of operation are provided. A method for operating a combustor includes firing a bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly within a combustion liner of the combustor to generate combustion gases at a first temperature within a first combustion zone length. The m...