Patents by Inventor Baifang Zuo

Baifang Zuo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100031662
    Abstract: An injection nozzle for a turbomachine includes a main body having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion defining an exterior wall having an outer surface. A plurality of fluid delivery tubes extend through the main body. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes a first fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second fluid inlet for receiving a second fluid and an outlet. The injection nozzle further includes a coolant delivery system arranged within the main body. The coolant delivery system guides a coolant along at least one of a portion of the exterior wall and around the plurality of fluid delivery tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Baifang Zuo
  • Publication number: 20100024426
    Abstract: A hybrid fuel combustion nozzle for use with natural gas, syngas, or other types of fuels. The hybrid fuel combustion nozzle may include a natural gas system with a number of swozzle vanes and a syngas system with a number of co-annular fuel tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Balachandar Varatharajan, Willy Steve Ziminsky, Ertan Yilmaz, Benjamin Lacy, Baifang Zuo, William David York
  • Publication number: 20100008179
    Abstract: A pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine includes a main body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an exterior wall that collectively establish at least one fluid delivery plenum, and a plurality of fluid delivery tubes extending through at least a portion of the at least one fluid delivery plenum. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes at least one fluid delivery opening fluidly connected to the at least one fluid delivery plenum. With this arrangement, a first fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one fluid delivery plenum, passed through the at least one fluid delivery opening and mixed with a second fluid flowing through the plurality of fluid delivery tubes prior to being combusted in a combustion chamber of a turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Lacy, Balachandar Varatharajan, Willy Steve Ziminsky, Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Ertan Yilmaz, Patrick Benedict Melton, Baifang Zuo, Christian Xavier Stevenson, David Kenton Felling, Jong Ho Uhm
  • Publication number: 20090320484
    Abstract: A method for assembling a premixing injector is provided. The method includes providing a centerbody including a center axis and a radially outer surface, and providing an inlet flow conditioner. The inlet flow conditioner includes a radially outer wall, a radially inner wall, and an end wall coupled substantially perpendicularly between the outer wall and the inner wall. Each of the outer wall and the end wall include a plurality of openings defined therein. The outer wall, the inner wall, and the end wall define a first passage therebetween. The method also includes coupling the inlet flow conditioner to the centerbody such that the inlet flow conditioner substantially circumscribes the centerbody, such that the inner wall is substantially parallel to the centerbody outer surface, and such that a second passage is defined between the centerbody outer surface and the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Lacy, Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Balachandar Varatharajan, Ertan Yilmaz, Baifang Zuo
  • Publication number: 20090249789
    Abstract: A burner for use in a gas turbine engine includes a burner tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; a plurality of slots formed in the burner tube and configured to introduce air flows tangentially into the burner tube and impart swirl to the air flows; a plurality of fuel passages extending axially along the burner tube; and a plurality of fuel injection holes provided to each fuel passage. At least one of the fuel injection holes of each fuel passage is configured to inject a fuel flow tangentially into the burner tube between air flows of adjacent slots to form a fuel and air co-flow. A method of mixing air and fuel in a burner of a gas turbine is provided. The burner includes a burner tube including a plurality of slots formed in the burner tube. The method includes introducing air flows tangentially into the burner tube through the slots and imparting swirl to the air flows; and injecting fuel between air flows of adjacent slots to form fuel and air co-flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Baifang Zuo, Abdul Rafey Khan, Christian X. Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20090139236
    Abstract: A premixing device is provided. The premixing device includes a fuel inlet configured to introduce a fuel within the premixing device and an air inlet configured to introduce air within the premixing device. The premixing device also includes a plurality of swirler vanes configured to provide a swirl movement to the fuel and/or air to facilitate mixing of the fuel and air to form a gaseous pre-mix, wherein a shape of each of the plurality of swirler vanes is selected to control an axial velocity profile of the fuel and/or air within the premixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ertan Yilmaz, Balachandar Varatharajan, Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Benjamin Paul Lacy, Baifang Zuo