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Method and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines

US7412832B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2004
Grant dateAug 19, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/96
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes channeling compressed air from the gas turbine engine to a noise suppression system, and selectively operating the noise suppression system such that air discharged from the noise suppression system generates a plurality of flow control mechanisms in the gas turbine exhaust flowpath.

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