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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Ross James Gustafson, Greenville, SC (US);
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Ross James Gustafson, Greenville, SC (US);
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 5/142 (2013.01); F05D 2220/3215 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application thus provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a turbine and a diffuser positioned downstream of the turbine. The turbine may include a number of last stage buckets, a number of last stage nozzles, and a gauging ratio of the last stage nozzles of about 0.95 or more.