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Coverplate deflectors for redirecting a fluid flow

US7189055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2005
Grant dateMar 13, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/71
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A deflector arrangement is provided for improving turbine efficiency by imparting added tangential velocity to a leakage flow entering the working fluid flowpath of a gas turbine engine.

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