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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Craig Allen Bielek, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Pradeep Jagannath Ghute, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention include turbine nozzles and systems employing such nozzles. Various particular embodiments include a turbine nozzle having: an airfoil having: a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and at least one endwall connected with the airfoil along the suction side, pressure side, trailing edge and the leading edge, the at least one endwall including an axisymmetric contour.