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- Patent Title: Method and computer-readable model for additively manufacturing ducting arrangement for a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15165210Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US10215038B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Yuntao Chen , Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao , Andrew J. North , Lucky Tran , Joseph Meadows , Walter Ray Laster
- Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- Main IPC: F01D9/02
- IPC: F01D9/02 ; F02C7/04 ; F02C7/22 ; G05B19/4099 ; B33Y50/02 ; F02C3/14 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
Method and computer-readable model for additively manufacturing a ducting arrangement (10) for a gas turbine engine are provided. Ducting arrangement (10) may include a duct (18) to be fluidly coupled to receive a cross-flow of combustion gases from a main combustion stage. Duct (18) includes a duct segment (23) with an expanding cross-sectional area (24) where one or more injector assemblies (26) are disposed. Injector assembly (26) includes one or more reactant-guiding structures (27) arranged to deliver a flow of reactants to be mixed with the cross-flow of combustion gases. The ducting arrangement is effective to reduce total pressure loss while providing an effective level of mixing of the injected reactants with the passing cross-flow. Respective duct components or the entire ducting arrangement may be formed as a unitized structure, such as a single piece using a rapid manufacturing technology, such as 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies.
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