Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger for turbo machine
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Application No.: US16239004Application Date: 2019-01-03
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Publication No.: US10989411B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Karthikeyan Sampath , Varun Swaminathan Lakshmanan , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Veeraraju Vanapalli
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Edward A. Kmett; Michele V. Frank
- Main IPC: F23R3/00
- IPC: F23R3/00 ; F23R3/28 ; F28F9/22 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A turbo machine including a heat exchanger flowpath is generally provided. The turbo machine includes an outer casing extended along an axial direction, a prediffuser defining an inlet passage into a combustion section of the turbo machine, an inner casing extended from the prediffuser, in which a diffuser cavity is defined between the outer casing and the inner casing, a first plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser, and a second plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser. The second plenum wall is separated along the axial direction from the first plenum wall. A plenum is defined between the first plenum wall and the second plenum wall. The turbo machine includes a heat exchanger including a first conduit in fluid communication with the diffuser cavity. The first conduit is in fluid communication with a passage, and a second conduit in fluid communication with the passage and the plenum. A flow of working fluid is admitted from the diffuser cavity through the heat exchanger to the plenum via the first conduit, the passage, and the second conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200217510A1 Heat Exchanger for Turbo Machine Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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