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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Gary Michael Itzel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brendon James Leary, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Anthony Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/186 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/127 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling system according to an embodiment includes: a pin fin bank cooling circuit; and an air feed cavity for supplying cooling air to the pin fin bank cooling circuit; wherein the pin fin bank cooling circuit extends radially outward from and at least partially covers at least one central plenum of a multi-wall blade and a first set of near wall cooling channels of the multi-wall blade.