Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article and method of cooling an article
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Application No.: US14886773Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US10006294B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Gary Michael Itzel , Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18

Abstract:
An article and method of cooling an article are provided. The article includes a body portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an inner region, at least one up-pass cavity formed within the inner region and extending from a base of the body portion towards a tip of the body portion, and a cap formed in each up-pass cavity, each cap being adjacent to the tip of the body portion, having at least one aperture formed therein, and being arranged and disposed to direct fluid towards the tip of the body potion. The method includes directing a fluid into the first up-pass cavity, passing the fluid through at least one aperture in the cap, contacting the tip of the article with the fluid, receiving the post-impingement fluid within a down-pass cavity, and directing the post-impingement fluid through the down-pass cavity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170107831A1 ARTICLE AND METHOD OF COOLING AN ARTICLE Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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