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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Deepesh Dinesh Nanda, Bangalore, IN;
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Craig Allen Bielek, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Deepesh Dinesh Nanda, Bangalore, IN;
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Craig Allen Bielek, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for integrating sections of a turbine are provided. In one system, a turbine includes a last stage bucket section with a first annular outer wall that is angled with respect to a centerline of the turbine at a first angle average. The turbine also includes a diffuser section having a second annular outer wall that is angled with respect to the centerline of the turbine at a second angle average for improving radial swirl. The first angle average is greater than the second angle average.