US 12,320,268 B2
Turbine exhaust collector
Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Queretaro (MX); Paul Roberts Scarboro, Charlottseville, VA (US); Jordan Scott Warton, Houston, TX (US); Michael Anthony Acosta, Houston, TX (US); Ashish Agrawal, Houston, TX (US); and Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Masovian (PL)
Assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,136.
Application 18/047,136 is a continuation of application No. 16/727,410, filed on Dec. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,473,450.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068693 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 25/30 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/30 (2013.01) [F05D 2240/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a modular exhaust collector configured to be arranged in a plurality of orientations, wherein an outlet direction of an outlet is different for each orientation of the plurality of orientations, wherein the modular exhaust collector is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis through an inlet face into a collector chamber and to direct the exhaust flow along the outlet direction, wherein the inlet axis is different than the outlet direction, and wherein the modular exhaust collector comprises:
the inlet face, wherein the inlet face comprises:
an exhaust passage configured to receive the exhaust flow;
a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports that may be selectively used based on an orientation of the modular exhaust collector; and
a plurality of flow ports that may be selectively used based on the orientation of the modular exhaust collector; and
a bottom face opposite the outlet, wherein the bottom face comprises a first drain that may be selectively used based on the orientation of the modular exhaust collector; and
a first side wall between the bottom face and the outlet, wherein the first side wall comprises a second drain that may be selectively used based on the orientation of the modular exhaust collector.