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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward W Tobery, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3902 ; 60 3975 ; 60 3983 ; 415115 ; 416 / ; 416 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for preventing the plugging of cooling air distribution holes in a hollow gas turbine vane by particles entrained in the cooling air. The portion of the cooling air is bled from the vane and discharged into the hot gas downstream of the vane, the shunted bleed air carrying the entrained particles.