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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Rex Allen Morgan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Alan Davi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Clement Gazzillo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Harold Lamar Jordan, Jr., Greenville, SC (US);
Rex Allen Morgan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Alan Davi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Clement Gazzillo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Harold Lamar Jordan, Jr., Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling system for a turbine engine, as well as a methodology for controlling the cooling system, is described. A valve member is disposed between a cooling fluid passage and a wheel space of the turbine engine and operates to admit cooling fluid to the wheel space for cooling thereof. The valve assembly is responsive to a condition in the wheel space and varies the flow of additional cooling fluid to the wheel space based on that condition.