Abstract:
A gas turbine engine airfoil includes a platform, and spaced apart walls that provide an exterior airfoil surface that extends radially from the platform to an end opposite the platform. A serpentine cooling passage is arranged between the walls and has a first passageway that extends from the platform toward the end and a second passageway fluidly connecting to the first passageway and extending from the end toward the platform to an end. A platform cooling passageway is fluidly connected to the end and extends transversely into the platform. A cooling hole fluidly connects the platform cooling passageway to an exterior surface.
Abstract:
A turbine airfoil includes a plurality of cooling circuits (22) embedded within the pressure and suction sidewalls (28,30) and a first and a second flow passage (32f,32g). The first flow passage (32f) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the pressure sidewall (28) and the second flow passage (32g) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the suction sidewall (30).
Abstract:
An airfoil assembly includes an airfoil extending away from a platform. One or more cooling circuits are formed through the platform in order to provide cooling of the platform. The cooling circuit may include a downwardly directed inlet receiving cooling air from below the platform. The cooling air is then directed in a direction generally parallel to the outer surface of the platform and through exits formed through the outer surface of the platform. The cooling circuit may optionally include a plurality of pedestals extending from an outer wall to an inner wall of the cooling circuit to increase the rigidity and the cooling function of the cooling circuit.
Abstract:
A turbine airfoil includes a plurality of cooling circuits (22) embedded within the pressure and suction sidewalls (28,30) and a first and a second flow passage (32f,32g). The first flow passage (32f) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the pressure sidewall (28) and the second flow passage (32g) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the suction sidewall (30).
Abstract:
A turbine airfoil includes a plurality of cooling circuits embedded within t he pressure and suction sidewalls and a first and a second flow passage. The first flow passage feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits that are embedded only within the pressure sidewall and the second flow passage feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits that are embedded only within the suction sidewall. A method embodiment of the present comprises placing the inlets of the cooling circuits embedded within the first sidewall in flow communication with only one of the flow passages and placing the inlets of the cooling circuits embedded within the second sidewall in flow communication with at least one of the other flow passages to minimize the difference in sink pressures of the suction and pressure sidewalls to ensure ingestion of the coolant fluid into the inlets of the respective cooling circuits.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine airfoil includes a platform, and spaced apart walls that provide an exterior airfoil surface that extends radially from the platform to an end opposite the platform. A serpentine cooling passage is arranged between the walls and has a first passageway that extends from the platform toward the end and a second passageway fluidly connecting to the first passageway and extending from the end toward the platform to an end. A platform cooling passageway is fluidly connected to the end and extends transversely into the platform. A cooling hole fluidly connects the platform cooling passageway to an exterior surface.