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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mitch Mircea Orza, Roswell, GA (US);
Jason Seale, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Gregory Allan Crum, Mauldin, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mitch Mircea Orza, Roswell, GA (US);
Jason Seale, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Gregory Allan Crum, Mauldin, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A impingement cooling system for heavy duty turbines that includes a manifold affixed to a casing of the heavy-duty turbine, wherein the manifold includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface of the manifold and a blower that provides air flow across the plurality of impingement holes of the manifold to cool the casing of the heavy-duty turbine to control the clearance between a tip of a turbine blade and a shroud of the heavy-duty turbine.