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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1995
Rodger O Anderson, Scotia, NY (US);
Julian D Burrow, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Christian L Vandervort, Voorheesville, NY (US);
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An inlet air heating system for a gas turbine comprising a main air inlet; ducting leading from the main inlet to an inlet of the gas turbine; a manifold located adjacent the inlet for feeding intermediate temperature air into the ducting; a conduit connected to the inlet air manifold, the conduit having an ambient air inlet and connected to a compressor bleed air conduit, downstream of the ambient air inlet; and one or more eductors in the conduit through which the bleed air flows to entrain the ambient air into the conduit through the ambient air inlet and to mix the bleed air and ambient air for introduction into the ducting through the manifold.