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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Alexandre Capron, Toronto, BE;
Bernard Chow, Mississauga, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A shroud configured to be disposed around an impeller of a centrifugal compressor, the shroud has a wall extending circumferentially around a central axis, the wall having an inner face oriented toward a gaspath and an outer face opposed to the inner face, a bleed slot defined in the wall and extending along at least a portion of a circumference thereof, the bleed slot defining a bleed direction from the inner face and away from the gaspath, the bleed direction at the inner face of the wall being either parallel to the central axis or oriented toward the central axis. A method of manufacturing a shroud is provided.