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AssigneeSolar Turbines Incorporated
InventorsGabriel James Glynn, Charles Cornelius, Ian Trevor Brown, Daniel James Doll, Jason Michael Robertson
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A gas turbine engine includes a compressor having first annular connection structure at a forward end portion of an air inlet housing of the compressor. The gas turbine engine may also include intake ducting having second annular connection structure adjacent a central passage of the intake ducting. The first annular connection structure and the second annular connection structure may form at least part of an interface between the air inlet housing and the intake ducting during operation of the gas turbine engine. The first and second annular connection structures may have shapes allowing the first annular connection structure to be moved through and beyond the second annular connection structure in a forward direction, the forward direction being opposite a direction of compressed air flow in the compressor during operation.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
A method of operating and servicing a gas turbine engine having a compressor and intake ducting, the method comprising:
A method of operating and servicing a gas turbine engine having a compressor, intake ducting, a gear box mounted on a forward end of the compressor, and a combustor attached to an aft end of the compressor, the method comprising:
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