Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor system including a lean premix combustor and a water delivery system. The combustor is operable with a fuel/air mixture equivalence ratio less than one and the water delivery system is configured to supply at least one of water or steam to the gas turbine engine such that either the water or the steam is injected into the combustor to control emissions generated by the combustor. As a result, nitrous oxide emissions for specified turbine operating power levels are lowered.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor rotor assembly including a first rotor, a combustor configured to operate with a fuel/air mixture equivalence ratio less than one, and a water injection assembly. The water injection assembly includes a water delivery system including a first plurality of spray nozzles to supply water upstream from the first rotor. The water being supplied to the first rotor is atomized with the first plurality of spray nozzles prior to being supplied to the engine to lower the emissions generated by the combustor.

Abstract: A flow control body in the aft end of a hollow core of a turbine vane provides localized increased velocity cooling air flow in a wide portion which is otherwise difficult to cool. The flow control body includes lands and grooves with the cooling air being constrained to flow through the grooves and provide localized cooling while conductive heat transfer through the lands to the flow control body provides substantial temperature uniformity along the length of the vane. Turbulence chambers may be formed in the flow control body to further control cooling and the shape or other parameters of the flow control body may be modified to accommodate uneven end-to-end heating of the vane.