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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ismail Hakki Sezal, Munich, DE;
Christian Aalburg, Munich, DE;
Rajesh Kumar Venkata Gadamsetty, Bangalore, IN;
Matthias Carl Lang, Munich, DE;
Venkata Rama Krishna Chaitanya Ongole, Bangalore, IN;
Alberto Scotti del Greco, Figline Valdarno, IT;
Rudolf Konrad Selmeier, Fahrenzhausen, DE;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid are provided herein. In some embodiments, a plenum of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid may include a through hole disposed through the plenum; and a plurality of inlet guide vanes disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the through hole, the plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a first group of inlet guide vanes having a cambered profile and a second group of inlet guide vanes disposed radially inward of the first group of inlet guide vanes, wherein the first group of inlet guide vanes are in a fixed position with respect to the plenum and the second group of inlet guide vanes are movable with respect to the plenum.