Inlet air cleaner assembly for turbine engines
US4158449A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0536
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An inlet air cleaner assembly is provided for the air intake of gas turbine engines comprising, in combination, an array of vortex air cleaners removing coarse and heavy contaminant particles, but not light and well dispersed contaminant particles, and an array of sheets of filamentary woven or nonwoven material, arranged to receive partially cleaned air from the vortex air cleaner array, and remove light and well dispersed contaminant particles suspended therein.
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