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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Masaaki Matsuura, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Suenaga, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Sunao Aoki, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Kazuo Uematsu, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Hiroki Fukuno, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Yasuoki Tomita, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a steam cooling system proposed heretofore, high-pressure steam is supplied into an internal space of a blade for effecting cooling thereof with the high-pressure steam to thereby recover heat energy. This system however suffers from problems concerning the strength of the blade and the like. The present invention solves these problems and provides a gas-turbine blade which does not suffer from problems concerning the strength thereof nor problems concerning the flow of high-pressure steam. To this end, a coolant flow passage is formed within the blade extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade, and reinforcing ribs which interconnects a dorsal wall and a ventral wall of the blade is disposed within the coolant flow passage so as to extend in the flow direction of the coolant. Hence, the strength of the blade can be ensured without any obstacle to the flow of the coolant.