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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Jay A. Morrison, Oviedo, FL (US);
Michael A. Burke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gary B. Merrill, Orlando, FL (US);
Jay E. Lane, Murrysville, PA (US);
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A hybrid ceramic structure ( ), for use in high temperature environments such as in gas turbines, is made from an insulating layer ( ) of porous ceramic that is thermally stable at temperatures up to 1700° C. bonded to a high mechanical strength structural layer ( ) of denser ceramic that is thermally stable at temperatures up to 1200° C., where optional high temperature resistant adhesive ( ) can bond the layers together, where optional cooling ducts ( ) can be present in the structural layer and where hot gas ( ) can contact the insulating layer ( ) and cold gas ( ) can contact the structural layer ( ).