Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling assembly for a turbine assembly
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Application No.: US16324447Application Date: 2018-03-14
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Publication No.: US11512598B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Nicholas William Rathay , Travis Packer , Keith Lord , Jeffrey Jones , Jacob Kittleson , Gustavo Ledezma
- 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 Charlotte Wilson; James Pemrick
- International Application: PCT/US2018/022314 WO 20180314
- International Announcement: WO2019/177600 WO 20190919
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18

Abstract:
A cooling assembly comprises a coolant source chamber inside an airfoil that directs coolant inside the airfoil that extends between a hub end and a tip end that includes a tip body and tip rail along a radial length. A first body cooling chamber and a second body cooling chamber are disposed inside the tip body. The second body cooling chamber is positioned between the tip end and the first body cooling chamber. At least one of the first or second body cooling chambers are fluidly coupled with the coolant source chamber. The coolant source chamber directs the coolant into the first or second body cooling chambers. A rail cooling chamber disposed inside of the tip rail is fluidly coupled with the first or second body cooling chambers. The first or second body cooling chambers directs coolant out of the body cooling chambers and into the rail cooling chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210355832A1 COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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