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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E. North, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 3/100 ;
Abstract
A method for providing high cooling effectiveness over the entire length of a cooling path (,) by injecting supplemental coolant into the path (,) at one or more selected downstream locations (,). Optimal selection of the injection location (,) and the ratio of injected flow to main flow will provide a cooling design with superior temperature uniformity and reduced coolant consumption relative to non-supplemented cooling path designs.