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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen R. Payling, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert P. Coleman, Fairfield, OH (US);
Curtis L. Brown, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/30 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for injecting water into a turbine engine are described. In one embodiment, water injection apparatus is provided for injecting water into the gas flow through the engine, e.g., at a high pressure and/or low pressure compressor inlet. The water injection apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles arranged so that water injected into the gas flow by the nozzles results in substantially uniformly reducing the temperature of the gas flow at the high pressure compressor outlet.