Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wrapped serpentine passages for turbine blade cooling
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Application No.: US15096866Application Date: 2016-04-12
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Publication No.: US10174622B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Luzeng Zhang , Juan Yin , Hee Koo Moon
- Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/20

Abstract:
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine may include at least two wrapped, serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths. A first one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths may include a first passage that extends radially along a leading edge of the turbine blade from adjacent a root end of the turbine blade to adjacent a tip end of the turbine blade. The first passage may be configured to provide fresh cooling fluid to the leading edge. A second passage downstream of the first passage may be configured to discharge spent cooling fluid from the first passage of the first one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths across a plurality of flow disrupters positioned along an upper span of a trailing edge of the turbine blade before exiting from the trailing edge of the turbine blade. A second one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths may be configured to supply fresh cooling fluid to a lower span of the trailing edge of the turbine blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170292386A1 WRAPPED SERPENTINE PASSAGES FOR TURBINE BLADE COOLING Public/Granted day:2017-10-12
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