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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Daniel Tragesser, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ian Reeves, Easley, SC (US);
Daniel Tragesser, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ian Reeves, Easley, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A bucket for a turbine is provided. The bucket includes an airfoil having a root portion, a tip portion, an airfoil shape, and a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table I, wherein Z is a distance from a platform on which the airfoil extends outwardly from, and X and Y are coordinates defining the profile at each distance Z from the platform. The bucket also includes a plurality of cooling passages extending between the root portion and tip portion of the airfoil, each of the plurality of cooling passages exiting at the tip portion, the plurality of cooling passages positioned in a camber line pattern.