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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Moorthi Subramaniyan, Bangalore, IN;
Jeyamani Doss, Bangalore, IN;
Subodh Diwakar Deodhar, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 7/00 (2006.01); F01D 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/148 (2013.01); F01D 7/00 (2013.01); F01D 17/162 (2013.01); F05D 2300/505 (2013.01); F05D 2300/50212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas or steam turbine is disclosed herein. The turbine may include a throat area formed between adjacent buckets. The turbine also may include a variable throat device associated with at least one of the adjacent buckets. The variable throat device may be configured to vary the throat area between the adjacent buckets for improved part load performance.