Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine bucket having outlet path in shroud
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Application No.: US14923685Application Date: 2015-10-27
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Publication No.: US09885243B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Rohit Chouhan , Shashwat Swami Jaiswal , 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 Ernest G. Cusick
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/22 ; F01D9/02 ; F01D17/10 ; F01D11/08

Abstract:
A turbine bucket according to embodiments includes: a base; a blade coupled to the base, extending radially outward from the base, and including: a body having: a pressure side; a suction side opposing the pressure side; a leading edge between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge between the pressure side and the suction side on a side opposing the leading edge; and a plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within the body; and a shroud coupled to the blade radially outboard of the blade, including: a plurality of radially extending outlet passageways fluidly connected with a first set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within the body; and an outlet path extending at least partially circumferentially through the shroud and fluidly connected with all of a second, distinct set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170114645A1 TURBINE BUCKET HAVING OUTLET PATH IN SHROUD Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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