ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,091, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC (S.C.).
"Anti-icing and bleed heat system for a gas turbine system" was invented by Laxmikant Merchant (Bengaluru, India) and Senthilkumar Jeyaraj (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-icing system for a gas turbine system includes a plurality of nozzles and a bypass conduit. Each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles includes one or more outlets that are configured to inject a first portion of a heated fluid into an airflow within an air intake conduit of the gas turbine system upstream of a filter. The bypass conduit is configured to direct a s...