US 12,345,200 B2
Particle separators for turbomachines and method of operating the same
Satoshi Atsuchi, Niskayuna, NY (US); Corey Bourassa, Mechanicville, NY (US); James R. Noel, Lynn, MA (US); Erich Alois Krammer, West Chester, OH (US); Byron Andrew Pritchard, Niskayuna, NY (US); and Mehmet Dede, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,238.
Application 17/200,355 is a division of application No. 16/186,834, filed on Nov. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,995,666, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 18/480,238 is a continuation of application No. 17/230,095, filed on Apr. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,815,019.
Application 17/230,095 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,355, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,719,157, issued on Aug. 8, 2023.
Application 16/186,834 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/940,251, filed on Nov. 13, 2015, granted, now 10,612,465, issued on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0240589 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F02C 7/052 (2006.01); F02C 3/06 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01); B01D 45/08 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/052 (2013.01) [F02C 3/06 (2013.01); F02C 9/18 (2013.01); B01D 45/08 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine engine comprising:
a compressor section configured to receive particle-laden fluid and to at least partially compress the particle-laden fluid;
a primary fluid passageway fluidly coupled with the compressor section and including opposing first and second walls, the primary fluid passageway configured to receive the particle-laden fluid that is compressed by the compressor section;
one or more bleed holes in the first wall or the second wall of the primary fluid passageway that are fluidly coupled with an auxiliary flow passageway;
a separator body disposed in and extending along the primary fluid passageway downstream of the compressor section and arranged in the primary fluid passageway, wherein the separator body comprises one or more bends and is configured to divert a first portion of the particle-laden fluid by flowing over and bending around a downstream side of the one or more bends, passing through a separator opening formed on the downstream side of the one or more bends and into the one or more bleed holes, and a second portion of the particle-laden fluid is non-diverted and passes over the separator body without entering the separator opening, wherein the first portion defines a filtered fluid having less particles than the second portion that defines an unfiltered fluid; and
a support device coupled to a portion of the separator body, wherein the support device includes a support member that defines at least one straight strut, wherein the at least one straight strut extends radially across the separator opening of the separator body.