Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine bucket having outlet path in shroud
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Application No.: US14923693Application Date: 2015-10-27
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Publication No.: US10508554B2Publication Date: 2019-12-17
- Inventor: Rohit Chouhan , Shashwat Swami Jaiswal , Gunnar Leif Siden , Zachary James Taylor
- 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: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/22 ; F01D9/02 ; F01D1/32

Abstract:
A turbine bucket according to embodiments includes: a base; a blade coupled to base and extending radially outward from base, blade including: a body having: a pressure side; a suction side opposing pressure side; a leading edge between pressure side and suction side; and a trailing edge between pressure side and suction side on a side opposing leading edge; and a plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body; and a shroud coupled to blade radially outboard of blade, shroud including: a plurality of radially extending outlet passageways fluidly connected with a first set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body; and an outlet path extending at least partially circumferentially through shroud and fluidly connected with all of a second, distinct set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170114647A1 TURBINE BUCKET HAVING OUTLET PATH IN SHROUD Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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