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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Eduardo Bancalari, Orlando, FL (US);
Jody Wilson, Winter Springs, FL (US);
David A. Little, Chuluota, FL (US);
Joseph Fadok, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Eduardo Bancalari, Orlando, FL (US);
Jody Wilson, Winter Springs, FL (US);
David A. Little, Chuluota, FL (US);
Joseph Fadok, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A transition duct for routing a gas flow from a combustor to the first stage of a turbine section in a combustion turbine engine has an internal passage from an inlet to an outlet that is offset from the inlet in the longitudinal, radial and tangential directions. The offset outlet and the curved internal passage discharge the gas flow toward the first stage blade array at an angle in the tangential direction relative to the longitudinal direction. This angled discharge can be presented directly to the blades, thus avoiding the need for first stage vanes and the associated costs and complexity.