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Non-axisymmetric end wall contouring with forward mid-passage peak

US10876411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2019
Grant dateDec 29, 2020
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/73
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbine section includes a pair of adjacent turbine airfoils and an endwall extending between the airfoils. The endwall includes a first feature spanning approximately twenty percent pitch and having a first depression with a first maximum depression located between twenty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the first airfoil, a second feature adjacent the first feature with the second feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a first peak with a maximum height located between twenty percent and sixty percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, and a third feature adjacent the second feature and first side of the second airfoil with the third feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a second depression with a second maximum depression located between thirty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the second airfoil.

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