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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory C. Rouse, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Octavio Solis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Calta, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Capstone Turbine Corporation, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/14 ;
Abstract
In a turbine engine with an annular recuperator surrounding the turbine, exhaust gas is directed from the turbine to the recuperator by a generally curved exhaust dome. A vortex disrupter structure extends from the exhaust dome to a point distal of the turbine to evenly distribute the exhaust gas entering the recuperator and sustain diffusion of the exhaust gas to increase the expansion ratio across the turbine.