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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
David Wesley Ball, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Greenville, SC (US);
Douglas Scott Byrd, Greer, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
David Wesley Ball, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Greenville, SC (US);
Douglas Scott Byrd, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine system includes a compressor having a compressor intake and a compressor extraction outlet, and an inlet system fluidly connected to the compressor intake and the compressor extraction outlet. The inlet system includes a plenum having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion through an intermediate portion. The inlet system also includes a heating system having a plurality of conduits extending horizontally through the intermediate portion of the plenum and arranged in a vertical relationship. Heated air from the compressor extraction outlet passes through the plurality of conduits and raises a temperature of ambient air passing through the plenum and into the compressor intake.