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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Alexander Stein, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas James Brunt, Mauldin, SC (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Stein, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas James Brunt, Mauldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 5/141 (2013.01); F01D 5/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine of a turbomachine is provided and includes opposing endwalls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway; and a nozzle stage at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing endwalls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The adjacent nozzles are configured to define a throat distribution exhibiting endwall throat decambering and pitchline throat overcambering.