Air ducts for portable power modules
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorEdmund Campion
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Abstract
Air ducts for portable power modules trailerable over public roads and capable of providing at least approximately one megawatt of electrical power. In one embodiment, the portable power module includes a shipping container having an air inlet and housing a gaseous fuel motor drivably connected to an electrical generator. In one aspect of this embodiment, the air duct includes a body positioned adjacent to the air inlet to at least partially define a first opening parallel to a first direction and a second opening at an angle to the first direction. The body of the air inlet duct further defines a first body dimension in the first direction and a second body dimension in a second direction at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first body dimension being greater than the second body dimension.
Claims33
An air duct for use with a portable power module trailerable over public roads, the portable power module including a container having an air inlet and housing a gaseous fuel motor drivably connected to an electrical power generator capable of producing at least approximately one megawatt of electrical power, the air duct comprising:
- a duct body positionable adjacent to the air inlet on the container to define, in combination with said container, a first duct inlet opening at said inlet and a second duct outlet opening downstream of said first duct inlet opening, the first duct inlet opening defining a first opening dimension and being parallel to a first direction and the second duct outlet opening being at an angle to the first direction, the duct body further defining a first body dimension in the first direction and a second body dimension in a second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first body dimension being greater than the second body dimension.
A portable power module trailerable over public roads and capable of providing electrical power, the portable power module comprising:
- a container having an air inlet;
- a motor positioned within the container, the motor having a combustion air intake configured to receive combustion air from the air inlet;
- an electrical generator positioned within the container and drivably connected to the motor to produce electrical power when driven by the motor at a selected speed, the generator having a generator air intake configured to receive cooling air from the air inlet;
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- an air duct having a body positioned adjacent to the air inlet to at least partially define a first duct inlet opening having a first opening dimension and a second duct outlet opening, the first duct inlet opening being parallel to a first direction and the second duct outlet opening being at an angle to the first direction, the body further defining a first body dimension in the first direction and a second body dimension in a second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first body dimension being greater than the second body dimension and the second body dimension being less than the first duct opening dimension.
A method for providing ambient air to a portable power module trailerable over public roads, the portable power module including a container having an air inlet and housing a motor drivably connected to an electrical generator for producing electrical power, the method comprising:
- providing an air duct having a body defining a first body dimension in a first direction and a second body dimension in a second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first body dimension being greater than the second body dimension;
- positioning the air duct adjacent to the air inlet to at least partially define a first duct inlet opening and a second duct outlet opening, the first duct inlet opening being parallel to a first direction and the second duct outlet opening being at an angle to the first direction, the first duct inlet opening defining an opening dimension that is less than the first body dimension;
- flowing ambient air into the air duct through the first duct inlet opening;
- changing the direction of the ambient air from the second direction to the first direction;
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- flowing the ambient air into the air duct through the second duct outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.