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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Connor Bryans, Reading, MA (US);
Barry Weinstein, Georgetown, MA (US);
Neil Roger Brookes, Topsfield, MA (US);
John William Vdoviak, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Lynn, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3936 ; 415207 ; 4152 / ;
Abstract
Airflow exiting a centrifugal compressor is diffused in multiple shaped passages tangential to the compressor impeller dumped into a plenum to reduce its Mach number and then directed through deswirl vanes to the entrance of a combustor. Deswirl at reduced Mach number significantly reduces pressure losses resulting in reduced complexity and manufacturing cost for the diffuser deswirl system.