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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Robert Cerny, West Chester, OH (US);

Jeffrey Raymond Menard, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Thomas Kupiszewski, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Johnathen Pegram, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/18 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F02C 7/141 (2006.01); F28D 1/03 (2006.01); F01D 25/14 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); F28F 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/185 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F01D 25/14 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F02C 7/141 (2013.01); F28D 1/035 (2013.01); F28D 7/005 (2013.01); F28F 9/02 (2013.01); F05D 2260/221 (2013.01); F28D 7/16 (2013.01); F28D 9/0006 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0026 (2013.01); F28F 9/026 (2013.01); F28F 9/04 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of cooling a hot fluid in an annular duct of a gas turbine engine are provided. The method can include directing the hot fluid through a plurality of cooling channels that are radially layered within the annular duct to define a heat transfer area, and passing a cooling fluid through the annular duct such that the cooling fluid passes between the radially layered cooling channels. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include passing the hot fluid into a first inner radial tube, through a plurality of cooling channels defined within a plurality of curvilinear plates that are radially layered within the annular duct, and into a second inner radial tube; and passing a cooling fluid through the annular duct.


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