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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Kenneth Neil Whaling, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
David Wesley Ball, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
James L. Davis, Taylors, SC (US);
Michael Savale, Queensbury, NY (US);
Douglas S. Byrd, Greer, SC (US);
Kenneth Neil Whaling, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
David Wesley Ball, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
James L. Davis, Taylors, SC (US);
Michael Savale, Queensbury, NY (US);
Douglas S. Byrd, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ejector comprising a motive inlet, a motive nozzle separably secured to the motive inlet, a suction chamber about the motive nozzle, a suction fluid inlet to the suction chamber, a mixing tube in fluid communication with the suction chamber and the motive nozzle, a diffuser in fluid communication with the mixing tube and distal the suction chamber and the motive nozzle, and an outlet from the diffuser is provided. A nozzle comprising at least two concentric arc nozzle portions is also provided. An ejector comprising a mixing tube including a flexible layer adapted to compress or stretch, thereby allowing a mixing tube diameter to change is further provided.