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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2025
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Shailesh Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Nick Nolcheff, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Tirumala Rao Koka, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Shraman Goswami, Bangalore, IN;
Shakeel Nasir, Phoenix, AZ (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Diffusers are provided for gas turbine engines downstream of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor. The diffusers include a diffuser flowbody having an inner and outer peripheral portions, diffuser passages extending through the diffuser flowbody that include passage inlets and outlets formed in the inner and outer peripheral portions, respectively, and diffuser vanes contained in the diffuser flowbody and partitioning the diffuser passages. Each of the diffuser vanes include a first vane sidewall, a second vane sidewall opposite the first vane sidewall, a hub-side endwall, and a shroud-side endwall opposite the hub-side endwall. Each of the diffuser vanes have a thickness between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and a tapered cross-sectional profile portion that decreases from the shroud-side endwall to the hub-side endwall.