Enhanced turbine airfoil cooling
US7901180B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49341
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The ends of cooling air passages in turbine blades and/or vanes of a gas turbine engine are provided with turbulation promoters to enhance the cooling of such structures as inner and outer shrouds and the like to accommodate thermal loads thereon.
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