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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Leslie John Faulder, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip H. Schneider, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Vin-king Yang, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
John Richard Wiltshire, Bristol, GB;
Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, San Diego, CA (US);
Neil Pryke, Epsom, GB;
Leslie John Faulder, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip H. Schneider, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Vin-King Yang, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
John Richard Wiltshire, Bristol, GB;
Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, San Diego, CA (US);
Neil Pryke, Epsom, GB;
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed an apparatus configured to diffuse a flow of bleed air. The apparatus having an inlet collar configured to receive the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus. The apparatus further having an end wall longitudinally spaced apart from the inlet collar and configured to block the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along the longitudinal axis. The apparatus also having a first diffuser wall spaced concentrically relative to a second diffuser wall, each of the first and second diffuser walls positioned between the inlet collar and the end wall and including a plurality of perforations configured to permit the flow of bleed air to exit the apparatus at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis.