Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooled CMC wall contouring
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Application No.: US15001572Application Date: 2016-01-20
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Publication No.: US10408073B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Robert Charles Groves, II , Kirk D. Gallier
- 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: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F01D9/06
- IPC: F01D9/06

Abstract:
A stator component of a turbine engine having an airfoil defining a radial cooling channel, the airfoil having an airfoil outer surface and an airfoil inner surface. The airfoil outer surface defines a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall. The airfoil inner surface defines a series of alternating peaks and valleys in the leading edge portion such that the airfoil has a varying cross-sectional thickness defined between the airfoil inner surface and the airfoil outer surface in the leading edge portion. A strut is disposed within the radial cooling channel and defines an inner radial cooling passage. The strut has an outer surface that defines a plurality of apertures that provide for fluid communication from the inner radial cooling passage to a radial cooling gap defined between the airfoil inner surface and the outer surface of the strut.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170204734A1 Cooled CMC Wall Contouring Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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