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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Guy Lefebvre, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, CA;
Christopher Gover, Longueuil, CA;
Remy Synnott, Varennes, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
The gas turbine intake can have a swirl housing assembly with a tangential inlet fluidly connecting an exhaust conduit, an annular outlet defined around a central axis and fluidly connecting a turbine gas path, a swirl path extending around the central axis and between the tangential inlet and the annular outlet, the swirl housing assembly having a proximal portion defining a first portion of the swirl path, a distal portion defining a second portion of the swirl path, vanes located in the swirl housing assembly, the vanes circumferentially interspaced from one another relative the central axis and extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the proximal portion fastened to the distal portion via a plurality of fasteners, a gasket sandwiched between the proximal portion and the distal portion by the plurality of fasteners, the gasket extending in a radial plane relative the central axis.