Patent · US Expired

Cooling-air bore

US6183199A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/16
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling wall comprises an outer surface, which is exposed to a hot-gas flow, an inner surface, and at least one film-cooling hole within the wall, which film-cooling hole has a diffuser section and an outlet at the outer surface. The diffuser section has first and second internal surfaces, the intersection edge between the first internal surface and the outer surface forming an upstream edge of the outlet, and the intersection edge between the second internal surface and the outer surface forming a downstream edge of the outlet. The diffuser section has side surfaces, which faces one another, connect the first and second internal surfaces and diverge from one another toward the outlet of the diffuser section. The first internal surface of the diffuser section is rounded toward the axis of the film-cooling hole.

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