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US 8,418,717 B2Granted
Exhaust plenum flow splitter
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRohit Pruthi, Deepesh Dinesh Nanda
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided and includes a plenum into which a fluid is exhausted, the plenum including a wall toward which the exhausted fluid is directed, the wall including first sections, second sections interposed between the first sections and a flow splitter interposed between the second sections, and a plane of the second sections being recessed from a plane of the first sections and the flow splitter protruding from the plane of the second sections.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a plenum into which a fluid is exhausted, the plenum including opposing walls and an intermediate wall extending between the opposing walls, the intermediate wall including a wall section toward which the exhausted fluid is directed,
- the wall section comprising a bottom-most wall of the plenum relative to a gravitational direction and including first sections, second sections interposed between the first sections and a flow splitter interposed between the second sections, and
- a plane of the second sections being recessed with respect to the gravitational direction from a plane of the first sections and the flow splitter extending from one of the opposing walls to the other of the opposing walls to thereby span the intermediate wall and protruding from the plane of the second sections.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a diffuser through which fluid flows;
- and
- a plenum fluidly coupled to the diffuser into which the fluid is exhausted from the diffuser, the plenum including opposing walls and an intermediate wall extending between the opposing walls, the intermediate wall including a wall section toward which the exhausted fluid is directed,
- the wall section comprising a bottom-most wall of the plenum relative to a gravitational direction and including first sections, second sections interposed between the first sections and a flow splitter interposed between the second sections, and
- a plane of the second sections being recessed with respect to the gravitational direction from a plane of the first sections, and
- the flow splitter being elongated in a direction substantially parallel with a predominant direction of fluid flow through the diffuser, extending from one of the opposing walls to the other of the opposing walls to thereby span an entire thickness of the intermediate wall and protruding from the plane of the second sections.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a diffuser including a peripheral wall defining a flow path along which fluid flows toward a diffuser exit;
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- a plenum fluidly coupled to the diffuser into which the fluid is exhausted from the diffuser exit, the plenum including opposing walls and an intermediate wall extending between the opposing walls, the intermediate wall including a wall section toward which the exhausted fluid is directed,
- the wall section comprising a bottom-most wall of the plenum relative to a gravitational direction and including first sections, second sections interposed between the first sections and a flow splitter interposed between the second sections, and
- a plane of the second sections being recessed with respect to the gravitational direction from a plane of the first sections, and
- the flow splitter being elongated in a direction substantially parallel with a predominant direction of fluid flow through the diffuser, extending from one of the opposing walls to the other of the opposing walls to thereby span an entire thickness of the intermediate wall and protruding from the plane of the second sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.