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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/141 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/304 (2013.01); F05D 2250/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blade has an airfoil, and the blade is configured for use with a turbomachine. The airfoil has a throat distribution measured at a narrowest region in a pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with a fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on the airfoil. A trailing edge of the airfoil deviates from an axial plane and a circumferential plane. A corresponding turbomachine comprising a plurality of such blades is also provided.