Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Patent
1992-11-16
1994-08-09
Bertsch, Richard A.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
60747, F02C 100
Patent
active
053355016
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention, a diffuser for a gas turbine engine having a compressor providing compressed airflow thereto is disclosed having an outer wall and an inner wall, with a plurality of circumferential splitter vanes disposed therebetween to define a plurality of channels for diffusing airflow therethrough. The splitter vanes have an aft end and a leading edge, with the aft end being thicker and tapering in size to the leading edge. The splitter vanes also have a relatively thick bluff base region in order to better spread the airflow radially.
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Bertsch Richard A.
General Electric Company
Narciso David L.
Squillaro Jerome C.
Wicker W. J.
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