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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Paolo Graziosi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
Paolo Graziosi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A bypass channel for use in an inter-turbine transition duct of a gas turbine engine is connected to a suction port disposed upstream of a high-pressure turbine and an injection port disposed downstream of the high-pressure turbine. The flow through the bypass channel is motivated by the natural pressure difference across the high-pressure turbine. The flow out of the injection nozzle is used to energize the boundary layer flow downstream of the high-pressure turbine in order to allow for the use of a more aggressively expanded inter-turbine duct without boundary layer separation.