Patents by Inventor Venkata S.P. Chaluvadi

Venkata S.P. Chaluvadi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and apparatus relating to compressor operation in turbine engines
    Patent number: 8616838
    Abstract: A compressor of a turbine engine, the compressor including stator blades with shrouds, the shrouds being surrounded, at least in part, by rotating structure and forming a shroud cavity therebetween, the compressor including: a plurality of tangential flow inducers disposed within the shroud cavity; wherein each tangential flow inducer comprises a surface disposed on the rotating structure that is configured such that, when rotated, induces a tangential directional component to and/or increases the velocity of a flow of leakage exiting the shroud cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ya-Tien Chiu, Venkata S. P. Chaluvadi, Peter S. King
  • SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS RELATING TO COMPRESSOR OPERATION IN TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20110158797
    Abstract: A compressor of a turbine engine, the compressor including stator blades with shrouds, the shrouds being surrounded, at least in part, by rotating structure and forming a shroud cavity therebetween, the compressor including: a plurality of tangential flow inducers disposed within the shroud cavity; wherein each tangential flow inducer comprises a surface disposed on the rotating structure that is configured such that, when rotated, induces a tangential directional component to and/or increases the velocity of a flow of leakage exiting the shroud cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Ya-Tien Chiu, Venkata S.P. Chaluvadi, Peter S. King