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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Robert Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
John Battaglioli, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
John Battaglioli, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine having a plenum for passing fluids from an outlet of a compressor to an inlet of a combustor that may increase the efficiency of the turbine engine. The turbine engine may include a combustor, a compressor positioned upstream of the combustor, a transition channel extending from the compressor to the combustor, and a shell extending between the compressor and a combustor portal and positioned around the at least one transition channel. The turbine engine may also include an axial diffusor in the shell near the at least one transition channel, wherein the axial diffusor may include a fluid flow recess in a trailing edge of the axial diffusor. The turbine engine may also include a wave protrusion extending from a surface positioned radially inward of the axial diffusor. The fluid flow recess and the wave protrusion may reduce fluid flow loss within the shell.