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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Eyitayo James Owoeye, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2260/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A closed-loop cooling system for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet; a first plurality of stator vanes defining first cooling cavities therein; and a second plurality of stator vanes, defining second cooling cavities therein, wherein the pump drives a working fluid from the pump outlet, through the first cooling cavities of the first plurality of stator vanes, through the cooling cavities of the second plurality of stator vanes and back to the pump inlet.