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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Matthew D. Montgomery, Jupiter, FL (US);
Richard C. Charron, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Gary D. Snyder, Jupiter, FL (US);
William W. Pankey, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Clinton A. Mayer, Jupiter, FL (US);
Benjamin G. Hettinger, Jupiter, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A duct arrangement in a can annular gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a gas delivery structure for delivering gases from a plurality of combustors to an annular chamber that extends circumferentially and is oriented concentric to a gas turbine engine longitudinal axis for delivering the gas flow to a first row of blades A gas flow path is formed by the duct arrangement between a respective combustor and the annular chamber for conveying gases from each combustor to the first row of turbine blades The duct arrangement includes at least one straight section having a centerline that is misaligned with a centerline of the combustor.