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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Machnaim, Bangalore, IN (US);
Brian David Keith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott Michael Carson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F02K 3/065 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/065 (2013.01); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F04D 29/547 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01);
Abstract
A transition duct for use in a turbine engine is provided. The transition duct includes a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall positioned about the radially inner wall defining a flow passage therebetween. The radially outer wall extends and is contoured from an upstream end to a downstream end of the transition duct. As such, the slope of the radially outer wall increases from the upstream end to a predetermined axial location and decreases from the predetermined axial location to the downstream end.