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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Conrad Frese, Greenville, SC (US);
Naveen Ghattadhahalli Parmeshwar, Greenville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Greenville, SC (US);
Bradly Aaron Kippel, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F04D 29/58 (2006.01); F02C 7/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/1435 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/05 (2013.01); F02C 7/143 (2013.01); F04D 29/5826 (2013.01); F04D 29/5846 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2250/61 (2013.01); F05D 2260/232 (2013.01); F05D 2260/602 (2013.01); F05D 2300/614 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides an inlet air system for cooling an inlet air flow to a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inlet air system may include a wetted media pad and a drift eliminator positioned downstream of the wetted media pad with an air gap therebetween. The drift eliminator may include a fibrous media pad.