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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Kin C. Poon, Tempe, AZ (US);
Malak F. Malak, Tempe, AZ (US);
Rajiv Rana, Tempe, AZ (US);
Ardeshir Riahi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David H. Chou, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Kin C. Poon, Tempe, AZ (US);
Malak F. Malak, Tempe, AZ (US);
Rajiv Rana, Tempe, AZ (US);
Ardeshir Riahi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David H. Chou, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An air-cooled turbine blade and methods of manufacturing the blade are provided. The blade includes a suction side flow circuit formed within its interior and defined at least by an interior surface of a convex suction side wall, a pressure side flow circuit formed within the blade interior and defined at least by an interior surface of a concave pressure side wall, and a center flow circuit including a first section and a second section, the first section disposed between the suction side flow circuit and the pressure side flow circuit, and the second section in flow communication with the first section and a plurality of openings of a leading edge wall and defined at least partially by an interior surface of the leading edge wall.