Patent ID: 8757969

Claim:
A system, comprising: a turbine exhaust plenum, comprising: a first plenum portion comprising an axial-radial diffuser receptacle having a first axis approximately crosswise to a second axis extending lengthwise along the turbine exhaust plenum, wherein the first plenum portion comprises a curved wall portion that diverges away from the first axis along a curved path in a first direction approximately crosswise to the first and second axes, the first plenum portion comprises first and second wall portions offset from one another along the first axis, the first and second wall portions diverge from one another in the first direction, and the first and second axes are offset from one another by an offset distance; and a second plenum portion extending away from the first plenum portion downstream along the second axis of the exhaust plenum, wherein the first and second wall portions extend along the second plenum portion, the first and second wall portions diverge from one another in a second direction along the second axis toward the second plenum portion in both the first and second plenum portions, and the first wall portion extends parallel to the second axis in both the first and second directions in both the first and second plenum portions.