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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Zachary John Snider, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Turbine shrouds including internal cooling passages are disclosed. The shrouds may include a unitary body including a support portion, an intermediate portion formed integral with and extending from the support portion, and a seal portion formed integral with the intermediate portion, opposite the support portion. The unitary body may also include two opposing slash faces extending between the support portion and the seal portion, a HGP seal slot formed on each of the two opposing slash faces, and at least one plenum and cooling passage extending through the support portion, intermediate portion, and/or the seal portion. The unitary body may also include an exhaust channel and slash face exhaust holes formed in each of the two opposing slash faces. The exhaust channel may be in fluid communication with the cooling passage(s), and the slash face exhaust holes may be in fluid communication with the exhaust channel.