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Vaneless supersonic nozzle

  • US RE29,128 E
  • Filed: 01/15/1976
  • Issued: 02/01/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A converging-diverging nozzle unit for a supersonic expansion of a motive fluid for delivery to a turbine wheel, the nozzle unit including:

  • a plurality of nozzles in an array with converging flow passages between adjacent nozzles in the array;

    an entrance and a throat in each of said flow passages, the throat being downstream of the entrance in the direction of flow of motive fluid through the passage; and

    a common diverging expansion chamber connected to receive flow from said converging passages, said common diverging chamber extending from the vicinity of the throats of said converging passages downstream toward the turbine wheel.

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