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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Nicholas Francis Martin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Stephen Paul Wassynger, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nicholas Francis Martin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Stephen Paul Wassynger, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a gas turbine engine includes forming at least one stator ring passage within at least a portion of a radially inner surface of a casing. The method also includes providing at least one stator ring segment that is sized to be inserted into the at least one stator ring passage. The method further includes forming at least one radial passage within at least a portion of the at least one stator ring segment such that at least a portion of the at least one radial passage is adjacent to at least one substantially axial stator blade passage.