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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Blaine Charles Bosley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Jeffrey Allen Kress, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard W. Albrecht, Jr., Fairfield, OH (US);
Blaine Charles Bosley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Jeffrey Allen Kress, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard W. Albrecht, Jr., Fairfield, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes channeling cooling air towards a shroud hanger assembly such that the cooling air flows through a cavity defined in the shroud hanger assembly, directing the cooling air through a plurality of cooling passages extending from the cavity, and discharging the air from the plurality of cooling passages towards an impingement baffle to facilitate cooling a shroud hanging from the shroud hanger.