General Electric Company

David W Ball

Kenneth Neil Whaling

Kevin Wayne Kinzie

Gunnar Leif Siden

Carl Gerard Schott

John Joseph Lynch

Christopher Edward Wolfe

Douglas Frank Beadie

Omprakash Samudrala

Kevin Thomas McGovern

Ravi Praveen Eluripati

Kevin T Mcgovern

Kenneth N Whaling

A method of assembling an ejector is provided, wherein the method includes providing a motive nozzle tip having a centerline axis and including a nozzle tip edge having at least one protrusion extending through a plane substantially normal to the centerline axis. The method also includes coupling the motive nozzle tip to the ejector.

Methods and apparatus for assembling a low noise ejector motive nozzle

A gas turbine engine system. The system includes a compressor with a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage, a turbine with a first turbine stage and a second turbine stage, a first flow path connecting the first compressor stage and the first turbine stage, a second flow path connecting the second compressor stage and the second turbine stage, a crossover flow path connecting the first flow path and the second flow path, and an ejector positioned about the crossover flow path and the first flow path. The ejector may be a variable motive nozzle ejector.

Variable motive nozzle ejector for use with turbine engines

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David W Ball