Turbine bucket plenum for cooling flows
US9708916B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A casted turbine bucket having at least one machined plenum including a plenum chamber and at least one plenum passage connected to a plenum inlet at a root portion of turbine bucket, and a method to feed cooling flow to the turbine bucket using the machined plenum that receives cooling flow from the root portion of the turbine bucket.
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