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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Raymond Surace, Newington, CT (US);
Eleanor D. Kaufman, Cromwell, CT (US);
Andrew D. Milliken, Middletown, CT (US);
William Abdel-messeh, Middletown, CT (US);
Raymond Surace, Newington, CT (US);
Eleanor D. Kaufman, Cromwell, CT (US);
Andrew D. Milliken, Middletown, CT (US);
William Abdel-Messeh, Middletown, CT (US);
United Technologies Corp., Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for cooling vane platforms are provided. In this regard, a representative method for cooling a vane platform includes: providing a cooling channel on a platform from which a vane airfoil extends, the cooling channel being defined by a cooling surface and a channel cover, the channel wall being spaced from the cooling surface and located such that the cooling surface is positioned between a gas flow path of the vane and the channel cover; and directing a flow of cooling air through the cooling channel such that heat is extracted from the cooling surface of the platform by the flow of cooling air.