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Cooling arrangement for blades of a gas turbine

US6422811B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 2000
Grant dateJul 23, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/2322
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling arrangement for blades of a gas turbine or the like, in each case the blades being built up from a suction-side wall and a pressure-side wall which are connected, to form a cavity, via a leading edge, a trailing edge, a blade tip and a blade root, and a flow path, through which a cooling medium, in particular steam, is capable of flowing, being integrated in the cavity, and in which the flow paths in each case of two or more adjacent blades are connected to one another in such a way that a continuous cooling duct sealed off relative to the hot-gas stream is formed. It thus becomes possible to increase cooling efficiency by better utilization of the cooling medium and at the same time to reduce the outlay in terms of construction.

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