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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Narendra Digamber Joshi, Guilderland, NY (US);
Sarah Marie Monahan, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor for use in a turbine engine that includes an inner combustion liner and an outer combustion liner. An interior is defined between the inner combustion liner and the outer combustion liner, and the interior includes a cavity portion and a main portion extending radially inward from the cavity portion. The cavity portion includes a flow inlet and the main portion includes a flow outlet. A plurality of film cooling holes are formed in at least one of the inner combustion liner and the outer combustion liner. The plurality of film cooling holes are configured such that cooling airflow discharged therefrom flows helically relative to a centerline of the turbine engine and towards the flow outlet.