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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Karthikeyan Sampath, Bangalore, IN;
Varun Swaminathan Lakshmanan, Bangalore, IN;
Michael Anthony Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Veeraraju Vanapalli, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbo machine including a heat exchanger flowpath is generally provided. The turbo machine includes an outer casing extended along an axial direction, a prediffuser defining an inlet passage into a combustion section of the turbo machine, an inner casing extended from the prediffuser, in which a diffuser cavity is defined between the outer casing and the inner casing, a first plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser, and a second plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser. The second plenum wall is separated along the axial direction from the first plenum wall. A plenum is defined between the first plenum wall and the second plenum wall. The turbo machine includes a heat exchanger including a first conduit in fluid communication with the diffuser cavity. The first conduit is in fluid communication with a passage, and a second conduit in fluid communication with the passage and the plenum. A flow of working fluid is admitted from the diffuser cavity through the heat exchanger to the plenum via the first conduit, the passage, and the second conduit.