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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Mark Gregory Wotzak, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/047 (2006.01); F02C 7/24 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/26 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F04D 29/58 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/10 (2006.01); F01D 25/14 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/047 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/10 (2013.01); F01D 25/145 (2013.01); F01D 25/26 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/24 (2013.01); F04D 29/522 (2013.01); F04D 29/584 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0233 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/325 (2013.01); F05D 2250/51 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An annular air inlet duct circumscribing an axis of rotation of a rotatable member of a machine comprising a forward end and an aft end is described. The air inlet duct includes an unheated wall and a heated wall adjacent to a heat source. The heated wall includes a plurality of axially-spaced wall panels forming a cavity between each of a pair of adjacent wall panels of the plurality of axially-spaced wall panels.