Patent ID: 8398359
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: F01D,F05D

Abstract:
1. An exhaust diffuser comprising: an inlet defined by an outer flow guide surface and an inner flow guide surface operative to receive a fluid, a center line passing vertically through a center of the inlet defining a horizontal center of the exhaust diffuser; a first fluid flow structure including a first flow portion in communication with the inlet and configured to direct the flow of the fluid upward and horizontally outward from the inlet and then downward through a first collection chute to a first outlet, and a second flow portion in communication with the inlet and configured to direct the flow of the fluid downward and away from the center line to the first outlet, the first collection chute having an increasing flow area operative to diffuse the flow of a fluid; and a second fluid flow structure including a first flow portion in communication with the inlet and configured to direct the flow of the fluid upward and horizontally outward from the inlet and then downward through a second collection chute to a second outlet, and a second flow portion in communication with the inlet and configured to direct the flow of the fluid downward and away from the center line to the second outlet, the second collection chute having an increasing flow area operative to diffuse the flow of the fluid.