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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Stephen David Hiner, Salisbury, GB;
Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);
Bradly Aaron Kippel, Greer, SC (US);
Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jack Thomas Clements, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Marcus Carr Walters, Ash Green, GB;
Sebastien Cloarec, Essert, FR;
Marc Malivernay, Valdoie, FR;
Liberto Gandia, Brevilliers, FR;
Stephen David Hiner, Salisbury, GB;
Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);
Bradly Aaron Kippel, Greer, SC (US);
Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jack Thomas Clements, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Marcus Carr Walters, Ash Green, GB;
Sebastien Cloarec, Essert, FR;
Marc Malivernay, Valdoie, FR;
Liberto Gandia, Brevilliers, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for use with an inlet of a gas turbine through which airflow toward the gas turbine proceeds is provided and includes a first stage to remove primary aerosol droplets from the airflow by coalescing the primary aerosol droplets into secondary aerosol droplets, which are larger than the primary aerosol droplets, and to remove solid particulates from the airflow, a second water tight stage, disposed downstream from the first stage, to prevent the secondary aerosol droplets and aqueous solutions of deliquesced particulates, which are not removed by the first stage and which are re-released into the airflow from the first stage, from proceeding along the airflow and to remove solid particulates not removed by the first stage from the airflow, and a third water removal stage, disposed downstream from the second stage, to remove from the airflow the remaining secondary aerosol droplets leaking from the first and second stages.