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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Ryan Michael Urbassik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott Anthony Estridge, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rafael Ruiz, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert J. Albers, Park Hills, KY (US);
Kevin Stephen Hansell, Okeana, OH (US);
Ryan Michael Urbassik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott Anthony Estridge, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rafael Ruiz, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert J. Albers, Park Hills, KY (US);
Kevin Stephen Hansell, Okeana, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a fan, a high pressure turbine coupled downstream from the fan, and a low pressure turbine downstream from the high pressure turbine. The method includes channeling a portion of air discharged from the fan through a clearance control system including an inlet assembly that includes a plurality of louvers, and directing air from the inlet assembly into a first pipe and second pipe coupled to the inlet assembly such that pressure losses associated with the airflow are facilitated to be reduced.