Patent · US Expired

Cooled blade for a gas turbine

US6379118B2 · kind B2 · utility

61Cited by
16References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 2001
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 12, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/22141
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a cooled blade for a gas turbine, a cooling fluid, preferably cooling air, flows for convective cooling through internal cooling passages located close to the wall and is subsequently deflected for external film cooling through film-cooling holes onto the blade surface. The fluid flow is directed in at least some of the internal cooling passages in counterflow to the hot-gas flow flowing around the blade. Homogeneous cooling in the radial direction is achieved by providing a plurality of internal cooling passages and film-cooling holes arranged one above the other in the radial direction in the blade in such a way that the discharge openings of the film-cooling holes in each case lie so as to be offset from the internal cooling passages, and in particular the discharge openings lie between the internal cooling passages.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.