Patent ID: 8257025

Claim:
A combustion turbine comprising: a compressor section, a combustion section downstream from said compressor section, and a turbine section downstream from said combustion section; and a diffuser section downstream from said turbine section and comprising an outer wall, an inner wall, and at least one strut member extending therebetween; said outer wall having at least one first gas passageway therein; said inner wall having at least one second gas passageway therein; said at least one strut member having left and right hand sides and a plurality of third gas passageways in said at least one strut member with at least one third gas passageway on each of the left and right hand sides of the at least one strut member; the at least one first, second and third gas passageways delivering gas therethrough to assist attachment of a boundary layer to adjacent surfaces of said outer wall, said inner wall and said at least one strut, respectively, and the at least one left hand side third gas passageway and the at least one right hand side third gas passageway being selectively operable to provide different amounts of gas flow on the left and right hand sides of said at least one strut member.