Patents by Inventor NIKKI MCMULLEN

NIKKI MCMULLEN 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).

  • Combustion liner with bias effusion cooling
    Patent number: 9429323
    Abstract: A system and method for improving the cooling to a portion of a combustion liner of a gas turbine combustor is disclosed. The combustion liner is cooled by supplying air through a plurality of cooling holes arranged in axially spaced rows in an upper and lower portion of the liner. The cooling holes are spaced accordingly so as to direct additional cooling flow to an area of the combustion liner not receiving sufficient flow due to maldistributions of air from the compressor discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Richardson, Khalid Oumejjoud, John Cutright, Nikki McMullen, Peter John Stuttaford, Richard Parker, Sumit Soni
  • COMBUSTION LINER WITH BIAS EFFUSION COOLING
    Publication number: 20150330634
    Abstract: A system and method for improving the cooling to a portion of a combustion liner of a gas turbine combustor is disclosed. The combustion liner is cooled by supplying air through a plurality of cooling holes arranged in axially spaced rows in an upper and lower portion of the liner. The cooling holes are spaced accordingly so as to direct additional cooling flow to an area of the combustion liner not receiving sufficient flow due to maldistributions of air from the compressor discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN RICHARDSON, KHALID OUMEJJOUD, JOHN CUTRIGHT, NIKKI MCMULLEN, PETER JOHN STUTTAFORD, RICHARD PARKER, SUMIT SONI