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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Applicants:
James Anthony West, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
David Martin Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
James Anthony West, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
David Martin Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for cooling a turbine assembly component of a gas turbine engine in a combined-cycle power generation system. The method includes channeling cooling fluid that is extracted from a source external to the gas turbine engine to the turbine assembly component, and cooling the turbine assembly component using the cooling fluid.