(19)
(11) EP 2 653 667 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.01.2014 Bulletin 2014/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/43

(21) Application number: 13163840.5

(22) Date of filing: 16.04.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F01D 25/04(2006.01)
 F01D 25/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 18.04.2012 US 201213450170

(71) Applicant: General Electric Company
Schenectady, New York 12345 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ansari, Asif Iqbal
    560066 Bangalore, Karnataka (IN)
  • John, Joshy
    560066 Banagalore, Karnataka (IN)
  • Subramaniyan, Moorthi
    560066 Bangalore, Karnataka (IN)
  • Valliappan, Lakshmanan
    560066 Bangalore, Karnataka (IN)

(74) Representative: Cleary, Fidelma 
GPO Europe GE International Inc. The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith
London W6 8BJ
London W6 8BJ (GB)

   


(54) Turbine vibration reduction system


(57) A turbine vibration reduction system (10) includes a nozzle (14), a bucket (18) in operable communication with the nozzle (14), and a structure (16) having at least one opening (22) configured to inject fluid into flow traveling past the nozzle (14) and the bucket (18) to disrupt formation of a vortex.







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