Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor blade cooling circuit
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Application No.: US14996498Application Date: 2016-01-15
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Publication No.: US10196903B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson , Xiuzhang James Zhang , Nicholas Alvin Hogberg
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Mark E. Henderson; Ernest G. Cusick; Frank A. Landgraff
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F02C3/04 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D11/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade for a gas turbine engine. The rotor blade includes a platform comprising a radially inner surface, an undulating radially outer surface, a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, a pressure-side slash face, and a suction-side slash face. An airfoil extends outwardly from the undulating radially outer surface of the platform to an airfoil tip. A connection portion extends radially inwardly from the radially inner surface of the platform. The platform, the airfoil, and the connection portion collectively define a cooling circuit extending from an inlet in the connection portion through the airfoil to a plurality of outlet plena in the platform. Two or more outlet plena of the plurality of outlet plena are spaced equidistant from the undulating radially outer surface of the platform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170204730A1 Rotor Blade Cooling Circuit Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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