Patent ID: 9394916
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: F04D,F05D

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a centrifugal compressor diffuser, comprising: a base portion; and a plurality of detachable vanes attached to the base portion, the plate having a plurality of receptacles for receipt of each of the detachable vanes, and an interface formed between the receptacles and the vanes when the detachable vanes are engaged with the receptacles of the plate, wherein each detachable vane comprises a cross-sectional profile that varies along a span of the detachable vane, wherein each of the plurality of receptacles comprises a plurality of first two-dimensional mounts that engage along the interface with a plurality of second two-dimensional mounts of the respective plurality of detachable vanes, the first two-dimensional mounts and the second two-dimensional mounts extending along the length of the interface and having a projection in a direction transverse to the interface.