US 12,486,983 B1
Fuel nozzle assembly for turbomachine
Michael John Hughes, State College, PA (US); and Johnie Franklin McConnaughhay, Greenville, SC (US)
Assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on May 6, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/199,929.
Int. Cl. F23R 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC F23R 3/28 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bundled tube fuel nozzle, comprising:
a body defining a fuel plenum and including a forward plate at least partially defining the fuel plenum;
a plurality of tubes extending axially through the fuel plenum, each tube of the plurality of tubes having an inlet defined through the forward plate; and
an aft plate axially spaced from the forward plate, the aft plate comprising a downstream face having a plurality of tiles, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles extends radially outward from one or more tubes of the plurality of tubes, the aft plate defining a plurality of peripheral openings between the plurality of tiles to permit a cooling flow therethrough from an upstream side of the aft plate to a downstream side of the aft plate.