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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);
Eric Andrew Falk, Middletown, OH (US);
Lyle D. Dailey, Maineville, OH (US);
Inventors:
Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);
Eric Andrew Falk, Middletown, OH (US);
Lyle D. Dailey, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/02 (2006.01); F01D 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A compression stage having a plurality of stator vanes and rotor blades coaxial with a longitudinal centerline axis, each stator vane having an exit swirl angle distribution such that the exit swirl angle has a maximum value at an intermediate radius location and each rotor blade having a blade leading edge adapted to receive the flow from the stator vanes with the exit swirl angle distribution profile.