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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Frederic Joseph Klug, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shyh-chin Huang, Latham, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Frederic Joseph Klug, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shyh-Chin Huang, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A blade cover cooling apparatus comprises a blade cover top plate, comprising a plurality of upper ribs, a blade cover bottom plate, comprising a plurality of lower ribs. The blade cover top plate is disposed over the blade cover bottom plate. The upper ribs are disposed at a first angle and the lower ribs are disposed at a second angle with respect to the blade circumferential reference line, respectively to form a plurality of flow redirection areas. The blade cover bottom plate is disposed to pass a coolant from the turbine blade to the blade cover top plate. A fabrication method aligns the blade cover top plate and the blade cover bottom plate to form the plurality of flow redirection areas.