Patent ID: 6435816
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F01D,F02C,F05D,F23R

Abstract:
A gas injector system, comprisinga plenum having a plenum wall made of sheet metal and with an exterior surface, a local tangential direction parallel to the exterior surface, and a local normal direction perpendicular to the exterior surface; a plenum opening in the plenum wall; an injector positioned at a location overlying the plenum opening, the injector comprising an injector block affixed to the plenum wall, a joint between the injector block and the plenum wall, and at least one injector passage extending through the injector block from an injector passage inlet to an injector passage outlet, each injector passage outlet being oriented at an injection angle of more than 0 degrees away from the local normal direction and toward the local tangential direction.