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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sesha Subramanian, Bangalore, IN;
Monty Lee Shelton, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, Mason, OH (US);
Mohamed Musthafa Thoppil, Bangalore, IN;
Venkateswararao Gurram, Bangalore, IN;
Josiah Warren Joiner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Wojciech Sak, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of cooling a hot portion of a gas turbine engine, such as a multi-stage compressor of a gas turbine engine, by reducing an operating air temperature in a space between a seal and a blade post of adjacent stages by routing cooling air through an inlet in the vane, passing the routed cooling air through the vane, and emitting the routed cooling air into the space.