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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2009
Applicants:

Charles Michael Booth, Norcross, GA (US);

Larry William Swanson, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Robert Warren Taylor, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);

Inventors:

Charles Michael Booth, Norcross, GA (US);

Larry William Swanson, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Robert Warren Taylor, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 25/08 (2006.01); F01K 25/00 (2006.01); F28D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first portion of each of a plurality of Qu-type heat pipes is disposed in a hot gas path, and a second portion of each of the plurality of Qu-type heat pipes disposed away from the hot gas path. Also, the first portion of each of the plurality of Qu-type heat pipes extracts heat from the hot gas path and wherein the second portion of each of the plurality of Qu-type heat pipes creates a vapor that exits each second portion of the plurality of Qu-type heat pipes and away from the hot gas path.


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