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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
Bernard A. Andrews, Hamden, CT (US);
Robert A. Charbonneau, Meriden, CT (US);
Susan M. Tholen, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Thurman Carlo Dabbs, Dover, NH (US);
Michael J. Bruskotter, Cape Neddick, ME (US);
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
Bernard A. Andrews, Hamden, CT (US);
Robert A. Charbonneau, Meriden, CT (US);
Susan M. Tholen, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Thurman Carlo Dabbs, Dover, NH (US);
Michael J. Bruskotter, Cape Neddick, ME (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A material having a plurality of impurity collection spaces has an outer face facing into a cooling air flow stream for a gas turbine engine component. Impurities such as sand or dirt will collect in the plurality of spaces. In a disclosed embodiment, a honeycombed material is utilized. The material may have a surface that will sit with at least a component parallel to an axial centerline of a gas turbine engine that is to receive the collection material. The material surface may also have a component which is generally perpendicular to the axial centerline. The material may be placed in a gas turbine engine upstream of the turbine section, and downstream of the combustion section. Moreover, the collection material may be placed such that there is cleaner air flow radially inwardly of the collection material, and heavier dirt-laden air passing along the collection material such that impurities can be collected.