US 11,867,398 B2
Hollow plank design and construction for combustor liner
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru (IN); Hiranya Nath, Bengaluru (IN); and Daniel J. Kirtley, Blue Ash, OH (US)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,649.
Claims priority of application No. 202211027572 (IN), filed on May 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366546 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F23M 5/04 (2006.01); F23R 3/06 (2006.01); F23R 3/60 (2006.01); F23M 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC F23R 3/002 (2013.01) [F23M 5/04 (2013.01); F23M 5/085 (2013.01); F23R 3/06 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03041 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03043 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combustor comprising:
an inner liner and an outer liner defining a combustion chamber therebetween,
the inner liner comprising an inner mesh structure, and a plurality of first hot side planks and a plurality of first cold side planks mounted to the inner mesh structure, and
the outer liner comprising an outer mesh structure, and a plurality of second hot side planks and a plurality of second cold side planks mounted to the outer mesh structure,
wherein each of the plurality of first hot side planks and second hot side planks comprises an inner wall, an outer wall, and lateral walls defining a cavity to allow circulation of airflow within the cavity to cool down the inner wall.