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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Steve Halfmann, Chandler, AZ (US);
Daniel C. Crites, Mesa, AZ (US);
Michael Kahrs, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ardeshir Riahi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jude Miller, Phoenix, AZ (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A turbine blade with an integral flow meter is provided. The turbine blade includes a trailing edge and a leading edge opposite the trailing edge. The turbine blade includes at least one cooling passage defined internally within the turbine blade, and the at least one cooling passage is in fluid communication with a source of cooling fluid via an inlet to receive a cooling fluid. The turbine blade also includes at least one flow meter formed within the turbine blade at the inlet that supplies the cooling fluid to the at least one cooling passage.