Apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and fluid

US10024335B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Ismail Hakki Sezal · Munich, DE
• Christian Aalburg · Bad Abbach, DE
• Rajesh Kumar Venkata Gadamsetty · Bengaluru, IN
• Matthias Lang · Berching, DE
• Venkata Rama Krishna Chaitanya Ongole · Bengaluru, IN
• Alberto Scotti Del Greco · Firenze, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2250/72
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, a plenum of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid may include a through hole disposed through the plenum; a plurality of inlet guide vanes disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the through hole, the plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a first group of inlet guide vanes having a symmetrical profile, a second group of inlet guide vanes, and a third group of inlet guide vanes, wherein each inlet guide vane of the second group and third group have a cambered profile, and wherein each inlet guide vane of the third group has a different cambered profile from each other inlet guide vane of the third group.