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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Howard Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Earl Bittner, Troutville, VA (US);
Brent Christopher Teal, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thanh Ngoc Nguyen, Poway, CA (US);
Brian Matthew Aiken, Roanoke, VA (US);
Christopher James McMenamin, Roanoke, VA (US);
Andrew Gordon Phillip, Roanoke, VA (US);
Christopher Todd Moore, Roanoke, VA (US);
Kyle Craig Stott, Brooklyn, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a supply of air to cool electrical devices is provided. The apparatus comprises a two fan housings, each containing a number of fans arranged to blow air in a parallel fashion. The exhaust of one housing is connected to the intake of the other housing by a balancing plenum. The apparatus provides a sufficient supply of cooling air when one or more of the fans is inoperable. The device being cooled may be the power bridge of an exciter for a power generation system. A method for providing a supply of air to electrical devices is also provided.