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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Stephen Casavant, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/44 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/441 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F05D 2240/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes at least one inducer including a flow passage configured to guide a fluid flow into a cavity defined by a casing and rotor of a gas turbine engine, the flow passage includes an inlet configured to receive the fluid flow from a compressor diffuser of the gas turbine engine, and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid flow into the cavity. The at least one inducer is configured to be disposed within the gas turbine engine so that the second outlet is axially disposed forward of a diffuser outlet of the compressor diffuser.