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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2004
Anna Tam, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Scott Henry Lamson, Menands, NY (US);
Scott Michael Carson, Mason, OH (US);
Anna Tam, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Scott Henry Lamson, Menands, NY (US);
Scott Michael Carson, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils joined to corresponding platforms to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sides and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges. Each platform has a scalloped flow surface including a bulge adjoining the pressure side adjacent the leading edge, and a bowl adjoining the suction side aft of the leading edge.