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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Donald James Cramb, San Diego, CA (US);
James Scott Piper, Bonita, CA (US);
Sean Kelly Spivey, La Mesa, CA (US);
Michael John Ramotowski, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Mayer, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine outer premix barrel is disclosed. The outer premix barrel includes a body portion, a barrel portion, and a plurality of vanes. The body portion includes vent air inlets. The barrel portion extends axially aft from the body portion. The plurality of vanes extends axially forward from the body portion. Each vane includes an inward surface located at a radially inner end of the vane, and a plurality of vent passages exiting the vane at the inward surface. Each vent passage is in flow communication with at least one vent air inlet.