Turbine exhaust collector

US11473450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Jorge Mario Rochin Machado · El Pueblito, MX
• Paul Roberts Scarboro · Greenfields, US
• Jordan Scott Warton · Baytown, US
• Michael Anthony Acosta · Houston, US
• Ashish Agrawal · Houston, US
• Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch · Julianów, PL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 26, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2240/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system (10) includes a modular exhaust collector (30) configured to be arranged in a first orientation (50) or a second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis (54), to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction (36) through an outlet (58) when in the first orientation (50), and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction (114, 116) through the outlet (58) when in the second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) includes an exhaust passage (64) to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports (72), a plurality of flow ports (76), a bottom face (84) opposite the outlet (58) with a first drain (88), and a first side wall (82) with a second drain (88) between the bottom face (84) and the outlet (58). Each CD port (72) is disposed a first radial distance (118) from the inlet axis (54), and each flow port (76) is disposed a second radial distance (130) from the inlet axis (54).