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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Wilhelm Ramon Hernandez, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel Edward Demers, Ipswich, MA (US);
Tyler Frederick Hooper, Amesbury, MA (US);
Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Troy Todd Dennis, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/125 (2013.01); F05D 2250/52 (2013.01); F05D 2250/71 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of cooling a hot portion of a gas turbine engine, such as a rotor disk, by having a vane assembly with a cooling air passage and a flow control insert located within the cooling air passage defining a conduit. A turning nozzle is mounted to the vane and has a turning passage with an inlet and an outlet, the turning nozzle is fluidly coupled to the flow control insert outlet.