A new tailpipe design for GE frame-type gas turbines to substantially lower pressure losses

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-132

  Golomb, Richard ^a   Sahai, Vivek ^a   Cheng, Dah Yu ^a  

^a Cheng Power Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUTS;

LARGE ANGLE DIFFUSERS (LAD);

GAS TURBINES;

DESIGN; EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM; GAS TURBINE; POWER GENERATION; PRESSURE;

EID: 0038189806     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1515335     Document Type: Article

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