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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Jianmin Zhang, Greenville, SC (US);
Brad Kippel, Greenville, SC (US);
James Tomey, Greenville, SC (US);
Matthew Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Jianmin Zhang, Greenville, SC (US);
Brad Kippel, Greenville, SC (US);
James Tomey, Greenville, SC (US);
Matthew Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/14 (2006.01); F02C 7/143 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/1435 (2013.01); B05B 17/0615 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides an inlet air cooling system for cooling a flow air in a gas turbine engine. The inlet air cooling system may include an inlet filter house, a transition piece, an inlet duct, and an inlet ultrasonic water atomization system positioned about the inlet filter house, the transition piece, or the inlet duct to cool the flow of air.