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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Kenneth Neil Whaling, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jason Allen Seale, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Francis Michalski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Kenneth Neil Whaling, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jason Allen Seale, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Francis Michalski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine includes: a plurality of turbine blades arranged within a casing, the arrangement including a clearance between tips of the blades and the casing; a plurality of manifolds disposed proximate to the casing opposite the clearance, wherein each of the manifolds includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface thereof; a source of clearance information; and a source of cooling air for supplying cooling air through a plurality of flow control devices to selected ones of the manifolds according to the clearance information. A system and a method are also provided.