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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Andrew G. Phillip, Champaign, IL (US);
Brian Aiken, Middletown, CT (US);
H. Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian E. Lindholm, Salem, VA (US);
Christopher Mcmenamin, Salem, VA (US);
Pedro Monclova, Salem, VA (US);
Christopher T. Moore, Troutville, VA (US);
Andrew G. Phillip, Champaign, IL (US);
Brian Aiken, Middletown, CT (US);
H. Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian E. Lindholm, Salem, VA (US);
Christopher McMenamin, Salem, VA (US);
Pedro Monclova, Salem, VA (US);
Christopher T. Moore, Troutville, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for controlling a fluid flow is disclosed. The device includes at least two fluid flow drivers, a plenum disposed to receive a fluid flow from the at least two drivers, and a baffle disposed within the plenum. The plenum has a first cross-sectional area proximate the at least two drivers and a second cross-section area at a distance from the at least two drivers, the second cross-sectional area being an exit for the fluid flow. The baffle has a first edge restrained proximate the first cross-sectional area and a second opposing edge freely disposed proximate the second cross-sectional area. The baffle has a surface area responsive to the fluid flow within the plenum to reduce a backflow if one of the at least two drivers is operational and another is non-operational.