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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Ya-tien Chiu, Greer, SC (US);
Venkata Siva Chaluvadi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Johnson City, TN (US);
Ya-Tien Chiu, Greer, SC (US);
Venkata Siva Chaluvadi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Johnson City, TN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotor wheel is provided and includes a body having first and second opposing faces and portions recessed from a plane of the first face to define therein an annular groove and a plurality of tributary grooves, the annular groove being receptive of fluid from an external source and formed to direct the fluid to flow along an annular flow path, and the plurality of tributary grooves being receptive of the fluid from the annular groove and respectively formed to direct the fluid to flow sequentially along radial and axial tributary flow paths while preventing inter-tributary groove fluid communication.