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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alessandro Coppola, Prato, IT;
Assignee:
Nuovo Pignone Holding S.p.A., Florence, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/06 ;
Abstract
The inner barrel of a turbine has a plurality of holes for receiving compressor discharge air and flowing such air within the inner barrel. A plurality of replaceable nozzles having internal bores of different diameters are selectively screw threaded into the openings of the inner barrel body enabling, with different diameters, a variation in the flow of compressor discharge air entering the inner barrel.