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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Mark W. Flanagan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Steven W. Tillery, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mark W. Flanagan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Steven W. Tillery, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application provides a compressor clearance control system for a gas turbine engine having an oil recirculation system with a flow of oil therein and a compressor with a casing and a number of rotor blades. The compressor clearance control system may include a casing heat exchanger positioned about the casing of the compressor and a conduit in communication with the casing heat exchanger and the oil recirculation system so as to heat the casing of the compressor with the flow of oil from the oil recirculation system.