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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dhiraj Lahukant Mahadik, Bangalore, IN;
Venugopala Durwasula Raju, Bangalore, IN;
Anil Kumar Dasoji, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F02C 7/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/232 (2013.01); F02C 7/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drain system for a combustor of a gas turbine includes a plurality of drain tubes, a vertical header connected to an end of each drain tube to receive a fluid flow therefrom, and a horizontal header downstream of the vertical header and in fluid communication therewith. Each drain tube has another end adapted to be connected to a respective combustor can of the gas turbine to drain liquid therefrom. The vertical header is disposed at an angle between 30° and 90° with a horizontal plane.