Turbine exhaust collector

US12320268B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE Infrastructure Technology LLC · 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: Oct 17, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2043

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 includes a modular exhaust collector configured to be arranged in a first orientation or a second orientation. The modular exhaust collector is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis, to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction through an outlet when in the first orientation, and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction through the outlet when in the second orientation. The modular exhaust collector includes an exhaust passage to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports, a plurality of flow ports, a bottom face opposite the outlet with a first drain, and a first side wall with a second drain between the bottom face and the outlet. Each CD port is disposed a first radial distance from the inlet axis, and each flow port is disposed a second radial distance from the inlet axis.