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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Louis Veltre, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christopher Arda Macarian, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Louis Veltre, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christopher Arda Macarian, Coral Springs, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion with a platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and the root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including: a cooling passage defined in the platform to extend along at least a portion of a concave, pressure side of the airfoil portion, at least one cooling medium inlet to said cooling passage extending from an airfoil cooling medium cavity in a vicinity of an axial center of the airfoil portion, and at least one outlet opening for expelling cooling medium from said cooling passage.