Patent ID: 7412832

Claim:
A method for operating a gas turbine engine, said method comprising: positioning a noise suppression system comprising a manifold and a plurality of tubes within the gas turbine engine such that the plurality of tubes are coupled azimuthally around an outer periphery of a nozzle; coupling one end of each of the plurality of tubes to the manifold and coupling an opposite end of each of the plurality of tubes to the nozzle such that the plurality of tubes each extend away from the manifold; channeling compressed air from the gas turbine engine to the noise suppression system through the manifold; selectively operating the noise suppression system such that compressed air is distributed substantially uniformly among the plurality of tubes and is discharged from the plurality of tubes generating a flow control mechanism in a gas turbine exhaust flowpath; and orienting the plurality of tubes such that air discharged from the plurality of tubes forms a vortex.