Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modulated turbine cooling system
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Application No.: US14777331Application Date: 2014-03-14
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Publication No.: US10202867B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: John Joseph Rahaim , Daniel John Fusinato , Scott David Hunter , Joel Francis Kirk , Michael Robert Melzak , Curtis Walton Stover
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent William Andes
- International Application: PCT/US2014/028673 WO 20140314
- International Announcement: WO2014/197089 WO 20141211
- Main IPC: F01D25/12
- IPC: F01D25/12 ; F01D5/08 ; F02C7/12 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D25/14

Abstract:
A flow transfer apparatus for transferring cooling flow from a primary gas flowpath to a turbine rotor. The apparatus includes a first supply plenum communicating with the primary gas flowpath and first inducers, the first inducers configured to accelerate a first fluid flow from the first supply plenum and discharge it toward the rotor with a tangential velocity; a second supply plenum communicating with the primary gas flowpath and second inducers, the second inducers configured to accelerate a second fluid flow from the second supply plenum towards the rotor with a tangential velocity; and a cooling modulation valve operable to selectively permit or block the second fluid flow from the primary gas flowpath to the second supply plenum. The valve includes a flow control structure disposed in the primary gas flowpath and an actuation structure extending to a location radially outside of a casing defining the primary gas flowpath.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160040552A1 MODULATED TURBINE COOLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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