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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Sam D. Draper, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Douglas S. Byrd, Greer, SC (US);

Carl G. Schott, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Rahul J. Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);

Amit S. Toprani, Greenville, SC (US);

Inventors:

Sam D. Draper, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Douglas S. Byrd, Greer, SC (US);

Carl G. Schott, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Rahul J. Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);

Amit S. Toprani, Greenville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F02G 7/052 (2006.01); F02G 7/055 (2006.01); F02M 35/024 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); B01D 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a system that may recirculate a portion of the exhaust of at least one turbomachine where it may be mixed with the inlet air and re-enter the turbomachine without affecting reliability and availability of the unit. An embodiment of the present invention provides an inlet system for an exhaust gas recirculation system. This inlet system may take a variety of forms and may optimize the direction that the portion of the recirculated exhaust stream flows within the inlet system.


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