摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved system and method for reducing fluctuation in the pressure and/or flow of a working fluid flowing in late lean injectors.SOLUTION: The system for supplying the working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle, and a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle. A flow sleeve circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel injectors are circumferentially arranged around the flow sleeve to provide fluid communication through the flow sleeve to the combustion chamber. A distribution manifold circumferentially surrounds the plurality of fuel injectors, and a fluid passage passing through the distribution manifold provides fluid communication through the distribution manifold to the plurality of fuel injectors. The method for supplying the working fluid to the combustor includes allowing the working fluid to flow from the compressor through the combustion chamber, and diverting a portion of the working fluid through the distribution manifold that circumferentially surrounds the plurality of fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber. |