- Patent Title: Blade with parallel corrugated surfaces on inner and outer surfaces
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Application No.: US15217033Application Date: 2016-07-22
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Publication No.: US10436037B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Jeffrey Clarence Jones , Thomas James Brunt , Jason Anton Byers , Adam John Fredmonski , Hua Zhang
- 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: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Dale Davis
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D5/18

Abstract:
A blade includes an airfoil body defined by a concave pressure side outer wall and a convex suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The airfoil body has an inner surface facing the radially extending chamber and an outer surface, a first corrugated surface on a portion of the outer surface, and a second corrugated surface on the inner surface paralleling the first corrugated surface. The corrugated surface on the outer surface of the airfoil provides wake mixing. The blade may also include an integrally formed impingement cooling structure having a third corrugated surface parallel to the second corrugated surface, which is made possible through additive manufacturing. The impingement cooling structure so formed provides improved cooling of the blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180023398A1 BLADE WITH PARALLEL CORRUGATED SURFACES ON INNER AND OUTER SURFACES Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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