US Patent Issued to General Electric on Feb. 24 for "Exhaust plume control structure and power generating plant including same" (French, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,322, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Exhaust plume control structure and power generating plant including same" was invented by Etienne Marie Luc Mangin (Belfort, France) and Laxmikant Merchant (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust plume control structure includes a mounting member configured to mount to an exhaust flow source. A diverter member is coupled to the mounting member to radially direct an initial exhaust flow exiting from the exhaust flow source radially outward. A plurality of peripherally spaced, radially extending vanes are coupled to the mounting memb...