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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Prashant Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Sabarinath Devarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Vivekanandhan Thiruvettipuram Madhivanan, Bangalore, IN;
Indrajit Mazumder, Bangalore, IN;
Hemant Puri, Bangalore, IN;
Chandrasekhar Pushkaran, Bangalore, IN;
Rajarshi Saha, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In a turbomachine having an inlet, a compressor, and a turbine, a closed loop sends fluid from a stage of the compressor to a heat exchanger in the turbine and to the inlet. The closed loop heats the fluid, cools the turbine, and delivers heated fluid to the inlet. A mixer can be interposed between the heat exchanger and the inlet to mix fluid from the heat exchanger with compressor discharge fluid, delivering the mixed fluid to the inlet. The mixer can control flow received so that desired temperature and/or flow rate can be provided to the inlet.